How to Install and Uninstall asterisk Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: March 29,2024

1. Install "asterisk" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install asterisk on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install asterisk

2. Uninstall "asterisk" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall asterisk on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):

$ sudo apt remove asterisk $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the asterisk package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: asterisk
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/comm
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian VoIP Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 5306
Provides: asterisk-1fb7f5c06d7a2052e38d021b3d8ca151
Depends: adduser, asterisk-config (= 1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4) | asterisk-config-custom, asterisk-core-sounds-en, asterisk-modules (= 1:13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), libc6 (>= 2.27), libcap2 (>= 1:2.10), libedit2 (>= 2.11-20080614), libjansson4 (>= 2.3), 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
Filename: pool/universe/a/asterisk/asterisk_13.18.3~dfsg-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 1447244
MD5sum: 08a96e9c1ad63c895433e391c614ff13
SHA1: 01a4beb62a23ac60650f0c2f8d1b12aa59e09d94
SHA256: e7488d8d05f288cafe2439fb3c2cf8581ef377ef21a7809740a7b3a089360d52
Homepage: http://www.asterisk.org/
Description: Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX)
Description-md5: 7512e0d229d5002c76464413517c8449