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How to Install Linphone in Ubuntu

To Install Linphone in Ubuntu 16.04

Linphone is a free application to communicate with people over the internet, through voice, video, and text instant messaging. Linphone follows the SIP protocol. Installation of Linphone in Ubuntu is explained in this manual.

Features

  • SIP user agent compliant with RFC3261
  • Supports multiple calls option
  • Supports audio formats like opus, speex, G711, GSM
  • Supports video formats like VP8, H264, MPEG4, with the resolution of 1080p
  • Videos can be viewed in fullscreen mode
  • Supports Audio call conferences and instant messages
  • Supports IPv6
  • Contains features to add Addressbook, DTMF, Acoustic echo cancellation, Multiple Sip account support

To install Linphone

Before installing linphone, add the following repository to the system.

root@linuxhelp1:~# add-apt-repository ppa:linphone/release
 Look here for updated release versions of Linphone.

To enable unrestricted codecs for ffmpeg, please install the relevant ' -extra'  packages from Medibuntu.

For more information on Linphone, please see http://www.linphone.org.
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~linphone/+archive/ubuntu/release
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpp9zshhxn/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmpp9zshhxn/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 4BCBF62B from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmpp9zshhxn/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 4BCBF62B: public key " Launchpad PPA for Linphone Team"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK

Then run the following command to apply the changes.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get update
Hit:1 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease
Hit:2 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease               
Hit:3 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linphone/release/ubuntu xenial InRelease  
Hit:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease      
Hit:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease
Reading package lists... Done

Utilise the following command to install the linphone software.

root@linuxhelp1:~# apt-get install linphone -y 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Need to get 20.5 MB of archives.
After this operation, 71.8 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libantlr3c-3.2-0 amd64 3.2-3 [39.4 kB]
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linphone/release/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libbctoolbox0 amd64 0.0.3+git20160511-1~ppa1~xenial [22.4 kB]
Get:3 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libcrystalhd3 amd64 1:0.0~git20110715.fdd2f19-11build1 [46.1 kB]
Get:4 http://ppa.launchpad.net/linphone/release/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 libbellesip0 amd64 1.4.2+git20160511-1~ppa1~xenial [433 kB]
Get:5 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial/universe amd64 libgsm1 amd64 1.0.13-4 [27.1 kB]
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Setting up linphone-nogtk (3.9.1+git20160511-1~ppa1~xenial) ...
Setting up linphone (3.9.1+git20160511-1~ppa1~xenial) ...
Setting up mesa-vdpau-drivers:amd64 (11.2.0-1ubuntu2) ...
Setting up i965-va-driver:amd64 (1.7.0-1) ...
Setting up vdpau-va-driver:amd64 (0.7.4-5) ...
Setting up va-driver-all:amd64 (1.7.0-1) ...
Setting up vdpau-driver-all:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up linphone-plugin-amr:amd64 (1.0.2+git20160511-1~ppa1~xenial) ...
Setting up linphone-plugin-silk:amd64 (1.0.2+git20160511-1~ppa1~xenial) ...
Setting up linphone-plugin-x264:amd64 (1.5.2+git20160511-1~ppa1~xenial) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

To Launch Linphone

Search and click linphone icon on the dashboard.

The home page of the linphone appears as follows.

To create a new account, select Create an account on linphone.org option and click Forward.

Enter the details of your Account and click Apply.

Complete your validation process to proceed further.

Now you can start using Linphone.

Tag : Linphone
Comment
jesshampshire
Feb 21 2017
Definitely useful, I think installing it without adding the repo gives a much older version. (on mint anyway). You need to add H264 etc, separately, (I did it with a search for linphone with software manager and added g729 and open h264)
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FAQ
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What are the video formats does Linphone supports with?
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Linphone supports video formats like VP8, H264, MPEG4, with the resolution of 1080p.
Q
What is Linphone?
A
Linphone is a free application to communicate with people over the internet, through voice, video, and text instant messaging. Linphone follows the SIP protocol.
Q
How to resolve dependency issues while running make command?
A
First install development rools with required dependencies "apt-get install git build-essential automake autoconf libtool intltool libgtk2.0-dev libspeexdsp-dev libavcodec-dev libswscale".
Q
What is the PPA Repository for Linphone in 18.04 LTS?
A
To install Linphone on Ubuntu 18.04 use the following commands:
sudo apt install flatpak
flatpak --user install --from https://linphone.org/flatpak/linphone.flatpakref
flatpak run com.belledonnecommunications.linphone
Q
Is linphone a open source?
A
Yes this is free and open source application