How to Install and Uninstall asterisk Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "asterisk" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install asterisk on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                asterisk
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "asterisk" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall asterisk on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                asterisk
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the asterisk package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: asterisk
Version: 1:16.2.1~dfsg-1+deb10u2
Installed-Size: 7238
Maintainer: Debian VoIP Team
Architecture: amd64
Provides: asterisk-1fb7f5c06d7a2052e38d021b3d8ca151
Depends: adduser, asterisk-config (= 1:16.2.1~dfsg-1+deb10u2) | asterisk-config-custom, asterisk-core-sounds-en, asterisk-modules (= 1:16.2.1~dfsg-1+deb10u2), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614-0), libjansson4 (>= 2.11), libpopt0 (>= 1.14), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libsystemd0, liburiparser1 (>= 0.6.0), libuuid1 (>= 2.16), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libxslt1.1 (>= 1.1.25)
Recommends: asterisk-moh-opsound-gsm, asterisk-voicemail | asterisk-voicemail-storage, sox
Suggests: asterisk-dahdi, asterisk-dev, asterisk-doc, asterisk-ooh323, asterisk-opus, asterisk-vpb
Description: Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Description-md5: 7512e0d229d5002c76464413517c8449
Homepage: http://www.asterisk.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, interface::text-mode,
network::server, protocol::ssl, protocol::voip, role::program,
scope::utility, uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::audio, works-with::db
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/a/asterisk/asterisk_16.2.1~dfsg-1+deb10u2_amd64.deb
Size: 2287744
MD5sum: 19c3860114242ef0c1bc225933e06a52
SHA256: 6e19145b054210b4599a94010c71b2da9e62deb5c1c3f27def175547ef8b8d2c