Comms Packages
Communication Packages for Raspbian
To install Raspberry Pi OS software on a Raspberry Pi
Packages are installed using Terminal. First get an updated package list by entering the following command in to terminal if this has not been done today sudo apt update
Then install your chosen package with the command sudo apt install package name
Find out more with the Guide to installing software with the apt command
Distro Version:
The latest Distro for Raspberry Pi OS is Bullseye, the previouse version was Buster. Next to each package is the version available for each distro.
Bullseye(#) = Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye
Buster(#) = Raspberry Pi OS Buster
Bullseye & Buster(#) = same version for both.
If only one Distro is listed then the package is only available on that distribution.
COMM
Last Updated: 27 August, 2023
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airspy
Bullseye:(1.0.9-4) Buster:(1.0.9-3) Tiny and efficient software defined radio receiver - utilities wwwairspyhf
Bullseye:(1.6.8-3) HF+VHF software defined radio receiver - user runtime wwwasterisk
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX) wwwasterisk-config
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) Configuration files for Asterisk wwwasterisk-core-sounds-en
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - US Englishasterisk-core-sounds-en-g722
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - en-us/g722asterisk-core-sounds-en-gsm
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - en-us/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-en-wav
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - en-us/wavasterisk-core-sounds-es
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - Spanishasterisk-core-sounds-es-g722
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - es-mx/g722asterisk-core-sounds-es-gsm
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - es-mx/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-es-wav
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - es-mx/wavasterisk-core-sounds-fr
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - Canadian Frenchasterisk-core-sounds-fr-g722
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - fr-ca/g722asterisk-core-sounds-fr-gsm
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - fr-ca/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-fr-wav
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - fr-ca/wavasterisk-core-sounds-it
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - Italianasterisk-core-sounds-it-g722
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - it-it/g722asterisk-core-sounds-it-gsm
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - it-it/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-it-wav
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - it-it/wavasterisk-core-sounds-ru
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - Russianasterisk-core-sounds-ru-g722
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - ru-ru/g722asterisk-core-sounds-ru-gsm
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - ru-ru/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-ru-wav
Bullseye & Buster:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - ru-ru/wavasterisk-dahdi
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) DAHDI devices support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-espeak
Bullseye & Buster:(5.0~1-3) eSpeak module for Asterisk wwwasterisk-flite
Bullseye & Buster:(3.0-3) flite module for Asterisk wwwasterisk-mobile
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) Bluetooth phone support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-moh-opsound-g722
Bullseye:(2.03-1.1) Buster:(2.03-1) asterisk extra sound files - English/g722 wwwasterisk-moh-opsound-gsm
Bullseye:(2.03-1.1) Buster:(2.03-1) asterisk extra sound files - English/gsm wwwasterisk-moh-opsound-wav
Bullseye:(2.03-1.1) Buster:(2.03-1) asterisk extra sound files - English/wav wwwasterisk-mp3
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) MP3 playback support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-mysql
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) MySQL database protocol support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-ooh323
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) H.323 protocol support for the Asterisk PBX - ooH323c wwwasterisk-opus
Bullseye & Buster:(13.7+20171009-2) opus module for Asterisk wwwasterisk-prompt-de
Bullseye:(2.0-1.2) Buster:(2.0-1.1) German voice prompts for the Asterisk PBXasterisk-prompt-es
Bullseye & Buster:(1.4-1) Spanish prompts for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-prompt-es-co
Bullseye & Buster:(0.20070403-2) Colombian Spanish voice prompts for Asterisk wwwasterisk-prompt-fr-armelle
Bullseye:(20070613-2.1) Buster:(20070613-2) French voice prompts for Asterisk by Armelle Desjardinsasterisk-prompt-fr-proformatique
Bullseye:(20070706-1.4-2.1) Buster:(20070706-1.4-2) French voice prompts for Asteriskasterisk-prompt-it
Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) Buster:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3) dummy transitional package wwwasterisk-prompt-it-menardi
Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) Buster:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3) asterisk PBX Italian sound files wwwasterisk-prompt-it-menardi-alaw
Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) Buster:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3) asterisk PBX Italian sound files - a-law prompts wwwasterisk-prompt-it-menardi-gsm
Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) Buster:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3) asterisk PBX Italian sound files - gsm prompts wwwasterisk-prompt-it-menardi-wav
Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) Buster:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3) asterisk PBX Italian sound files - wav prompts wwwasterisk-prompt-se
Bullseye & Buster:(1.045-1) Swedish voice prompts for Asteriskasterisk-tests
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) internal test modules of the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-voicemail
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) simple voicemail support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-voicemail-imapstorage
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) IMAP voicemail storage support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-voicemail-odbcstorage
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) ODBC voicemail storage support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-vpb
Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u3) Buster:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb10u3) VoiceTronix devices support for the Asterisk PBX www- Back to top
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baresip
Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) Buster:(0.6.1-1) portable and modular SIP user-agent - metapackage wwwbaresip-core
Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) Buster:(0.6.1-1) portable and modular SIP user-agent - core parts wwwbaresip-ffmpeg
Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) Buster:(0.6.1-1) portable and modular SIP user-agent - FFmpeg codecs and formats wwwbaresip-gstreamer
Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) Buster:(0.6.1-1) portable and modular SIP user-agent - GStreamer pipelines wwwbaresip-gtk
Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) Buster:(0.6.1-1) portable and modular SIP user-agent - GTK+ front-end wwwbaresip-x11
Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) Buster:(0.6.1-1) portable and modular SIP user-agent - X11 features wwwbinkd
Bullseye:(1.1a-111-1) Buster:(1.1a-99-1) FidoTech TCP/IP mailerbladerf
Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Buster:(0.2017.12~rc1-2) Nuand bladeRF software-defined radio device (tools) wwwbladerf-firmware-fx3
Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Buster:(0.2017.12~rc1-2) Nuand bladeRF firmware downloader (FX3) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedx115
Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Buster:(0.2017.12~rc1-2) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedx115) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedx40
Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Buster:(0.2017.12~rc1-2) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedx40) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedxA4) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedxa9
Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedxA9) www- Back to top
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callaudiod
Bullseye:(0.1.0-1) Call audio routing daemon wwwckermit
Bullseye:(305~alpha02-1) Buster:(302-5.3) serial and network communications package wwwconman
Bullseye & Buster:(0.2.7-1) serial console management program wwwconserver-client
Bullseye:(8.2.6-2) connect to a console server wwwconserver-server
Bullseye:(8.2.6-2) connect multiple user to a serial console with logging wwwcu
Bullseye:(1.07-27) Buster:(1.07-24) call up another system wwwcutecom
Bullseye & Buster:(0.30.3-1) Graphical serial terminal, like minicom wwwcyclades-serial-client
Bullseye:(0.94) Buster:(0.93) Network Serial port client software for Cyclades terminal servers- Back to top
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dahdi
Bullseye:(1:3.1.0-2+b2) Buster:(1:2.11.1-3) utilities for using the DAHDI kernel modules wwwdahdi-firmware-nonfree
Bullseye & Buster:(2.11.1.0.20170917-1) DAHDI non-free firmware wwwdahdi-linux
Bullseye:(1:2.11.1.0.20170917~dfsg-7.4) Buster:(1:2.11.1.0.20170917~dfsg-7) DAHDI telephony interface - Linux userspace parts wwwdxtool
Bullseye:(0.1-4) Buster:(0.1-3) DistoX data download utility www- Back to top
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efax
Bullseye:(1:0.9a-20) Buster:(1:0.9a-19.1) programs to send and receive fax messagesefax-gtk
Bullseye:(3.2.8-2.2) Buster:(3.2.8-2.1+b10) front end in GTK+ for the efax program www- Back to top
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f-irc
Bullseye:(1.36-1.1) Buster:(1.36-1) user-friendly IRC client for the console/terminal wwwfoxtrotgps
Bullseye:(1.2.2+bzr331-1~deb11u1) Buster:(1.2.1-1+deb10u1) GTK+ mapping and GPS application www- Back to top
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gammu
Bullseye:(1.41.0-1.1) Buster:(1.40.0-1) mobile phone management utility wwwgammu-smsd
Bullseye:(1.41.0-1.1) Buster:(1.40.0-1) SMS message daemon wwwgkermit
Bullseye:(1.0-11) Buster:(1.0-10) A serial and network communications packagegnokii
Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Buster:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.2) Datasuite for mobile phone management (metapackage) wwwgnokii-cli
Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Buster:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.2+b1) Datasuite for mobile phone management (console interface) wwwgnokii-common
Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Buster:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.2) Datasuite for mobile phone management (base files) wwwgnokii-smsd
Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Buster:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.2+b1) SMS Daemon for mobile phones wwwgnokii-smsd-mysql
Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Buster:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.2+b1) SMSD plugin for MySQL storage backend wwwgnokii-smsd-pgsql
Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Buster:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.2+b1) SMSD plugin for PostgreSQL storage backend wwwgnome-calls
Bullseye:(0.2.0-2) Make and receive PSTN phone calls wwwgnuradio
Bullseye:(3.8.2.0-14) Buster:(3.7.13.4-4+b1) GNU Radio Software Radio Toolkit wwwgsm-utils
Bullseye & Buster:(1.10+20120414.gita5e5ae9a-0.3) GSM mobile phone access applications wwwgtkterm
Bullseye:(1.1.1-1) Buster:(0.99.7+git9d63182-2) simple GTK+ serial port terminal www- Back to top
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hackrf
Bullseye & Buster:(2018.01.1-2) Software defined radio peripheral - utilities wwwhylafax-client
Bullseye:(3:6.0.7-3.1) Buster:(3:6.0.6-8.1+b1) Flexible client/server fax software - client utilities wwwhylafax-server
Bullseye:(3:6.0.7-3.1) Buster:(3:6.0.6-8.1+b1) Flexible client/server fax software - server daemons www- Back to top
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iaxmodem
Bullseye:(1.2.0~dfsg-4) Buster:(1.2.0~dfsg-3) software modem with IAX2 connectivity wwwifcico
Bullseye:(2.14tx8.10-26) Buster:(2.14tx8.10-24) Fidonet Technology transport packageifgate
Bullseye:(2.14tx8.10-26) Buster:(2.14tx8.10-24) Internet to Fidonet gatewayifmail
Bullseye:(2.14tx8.10-26) Buster:(2.14tx8.10-24) Internet to Fidonet gatewayipp-usb
Bullseye:(0.9.17-3) Daemon for IPP over USB printer support wwwippusbxd
Bullseye:(1.34-2) Buster:(1.33-1) Daemon for IPP USB printer support wwwircp-tray
Bullseye & Buster:(0.7.6-1.2) IrDA and OBEX wireless file transfer www- Back to top
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jami
Bullseye:(20210112.2.b757bac~ds1-1) Buster:(20190215.1.f152c98~ds1-1+deb10u1) Secure and distributed voice, video, and chat platform - desktop client wwwjami-daemon
Bullseye:(20210112.2.b757bac~ds1-1) Buster:(20190215.1.f152c98~ds1-1+deb10u1) Secure and distributed voice, video and chat platform - daemon wwwjanus
Bullseye:(0.10.9-1) Buster:(0.6.1-1) general purpose WebRTC server/gateway wwwjanus-demos
Bullseye:(0.10.9-1) Buster:(0.6.1-1) general purpose WebRTC server/gateway - demos wwwjanus-tools
Bullseye:(0.10.9-1) Buster:(0.6.1-1) general purpose WebRTC server/gateway - helper tools wwwjpnevulator
Bullseye:(2.3.6-1) Buster:(2.3.4-1) Serial sniffer www- Back to top
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libcallaudio-tools
Bullseye:(0.1.0-1) Helper tools for libcallaudio wwwlibopenr2-bin
Bullseye:(1.3.3-2+b17) Buster:(1.3.3-2) MFC/R2 (telephony) call setup library - test programs wwwlrzsz
Bullseye & Buster:(0.12.21-10) Tools for zmodem/xmodem/ymodem file transfer www- Back to top
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mgetty
Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Buster:(1.2.1-1) Smart Modem getty replacement wwwmgetty-docs
Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Buster:(1.2.1-1) Documentation Package for mgetty wwwmgetty-fax
Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Buster:(1.2.1-1) Faxing tools for mgetty wwwmgetty-pvftools
Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Buster:(1.2.1-1) Programs for listening and manipulating pvf and rmd files wwwmgetty-viewfax
Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Buster:(1.2.1-1) Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X wwwmgetty-voice
Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Buster:(1.2.1-1) Voicemail handler for mgetty wwwmicrocom
Bullseye:(2019.01.0-2) Buster:(2017.03.0-2) minimalistic terminal programminicom
Bullseye:(2.8-2) Buster:(2.7.1-1) Friendly menu driven serial communication program wwwminimodem
Bullseye & Buster:(0.24-1) general-purpose software audio FSK modem wwwmodem-cmd
Bullseye:(1.0.2-3.1) Buster:(1.0.2-3) send arbitrary AT commands to your modem www- Back to top
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ngetty
Bullseye:(1.1-9) Buster:(1.1-3.1) getty replacement - one single daemon for all consolesnyx
Bullseye:(2.1.0-2.1) Buster:(2.1.0-2) terminal status monitor for tor www- Back to top
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obexfs
Bullseye & Buster:(0.11-2) mount filesystem of ObexFTP capable devicesobexftp
Bullseye:(0.24-6+b3) Buster:(0.24-5+b4) file transfer utility for devices that use the OBEX protocol wwwobexpushd
Bullseye & Buster:(0.11.2-1.1) program for receiving files via Bluetooth or IRDA wwwonioncat
Bullseye & Buster:(0.2.2+svn569-2) IP-Transparent Tor hidden service connector wwwopenam
Bullseye & Buster:(1.4.0-1+b5) H.323 answering machine wwwopenobex-apps
Bullseye & Buster:(1.7.2-1) Applications for OpenOBEX www- Back to top
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panoramisk
Bullseye:(1.0-1.2) Buster:(1.0-1.1) asyncio based library to play with asterisk (Python 3 binary) wwwpicocom
Bullseye & Buster:(3.1-2) minimal dumb-terminal emulation program www- Back to top
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rtl-sdr
Bullseye:(0.6.0-3) Buster:(0.6-1) Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (tools) wwwrtsp-server-perl
Bullseye:(0.06-2) Lightweight RTSP/RTP streaming media server (service) www- Back to top
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sachesi
Bullseye:(2.0.4+ds-4) BlackBerry 10 device utility wwwscmxx
Bullseye & Buster:(0.9.0-2.4) Exchange data with Siemens mobile phones wwwsecsipidx
Bullseye:(1.1.1~git20210601.d388d64-1) Secure SIP Identity Extensions - IETF STIR and SHAKEN wwwsendpage-client
Bullseye:(1.0.3-1.1) Buster:(1.0.3-1) client to send alpha-numeric text pages via SNPP wwwsendpage-common
Bullseye:(1.0.3-1.1) Buster:(1.0.3-1) common libraries used to handle alpha-numeric text paging wwwsendpage-server
Bullseye:(1.0.3-1.1) Buster:(1.0.3-1) server used to queue and send alpha-numeric text pages via TAP wwwsetserial
Bullseye:(2.17-53) Buster:(2.17-52) controls configuration of serial portsseyon
Bullseye:(2.20c-34) Buster:(2.20c-32) Full-featured native X11 communications programsip-tester
Bullseye:(1:3.6.1-1) Buster:(1:3.5.2-1) Performance testing tool for the SIP protocol wwwsms4you
Bullseye:(0.0.7-1) Personal gateway connecting SMS to XMPP or email wwwsms4you-email
Bullseye:(0.0.7-1) Personal gateway connecting SMS to email wwwsms4you-xmpp
Bullseye:(0.0.7-1) Personal gateway connecting SMS to XMPP wwwsmsclient
Bullseye & Buster:(2.0.8z-10) A program for sending short messages (SM / SMS)smstools
Bullseye:(3.1.21-4) Buster:(3.1.21-3) SMS server tools for GSM modems wwwsngrep
Bullseye:(1.4.8-1) Buster:(1.4.6-1) Ncurses SIP Messages flow viewer wwwsredird
Bullseye & Buster:(2.2.1-2) RFC 2217 compliant Telnet serial port redirectorsympathy
Bullseye & Buster:(1.2.1+woking+cvs+git20171124-1) serial port concentrator system - server/client program- Back to top
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tio
Bullseye & Buster:(1.32-1) simple TTY terminal I/O application wwwtua
Bullseye:(4.3-14) Buster:(4.3-13) The UUCP Analyzertwinkle
Bullseye:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-1) Buster:(1:1.10.1+dfsg-4) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) SIP Phone (GUI) wwwtwinkle-common
Bullseye:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-1) Buster:(1:1.10.1+dfsg-4) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) SIP Phone (common files) wwwtwinkle-console
Bullseye:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-1) Buster:(1:1.10.1+dfsg-4) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) SIP Phone (console) www- Back to top
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usb-modeswitch
Bullseye:(2.6.1-1) Buster:(2.5.2+repack0-2) mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices wwwusb-modeswitch-data
Bullseye:(20191128-3) Buster:(20170806-2) mode switching data for usb-modeswitch wwwussp-push
Bullseye & Buster:(0.11-4) Client for OBEX PUSHuucp
Bullseye:(1.07-27) Buster:(1.07-24) Unix to Unix Copy Program www- Back to top
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vpb-utils
Bullseye:(4.2.61-1.2) Buster:(4.2.61-1) Voicetronix telephony hardware userspace tools- Back to top
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wvdial
Bullseye & Buster:(1.61-5) intelligent Point-to-Point Protocol dialer wwwwys
Bullseye:(0.1.11-1) daemon to start/stop PulseAudio loopbacks for phone call audio www- Back to top
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xgnokii
Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Buster:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.2+b1) Datasuite for mobile phone management (X interface) wwwxringd
Bullseye & Buster:(1.20-27) extended ring daemon - monitor phone rings and take actionxtel
Bullseye:(3.3.0-24) Buster:(3.3.0-22) X emulator of the French Minitel www