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 12 called Bookworm, the previouse version was 11 called Bullseye. Next to each package is the version available for each distro.
Bookworm(#) = Raspberry Pi OS Bookworm
Bullseye(#) = Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye
Bookworm & Bullseye(#) = same version for both.
If only one Distro is listed then the package is only available on that distribution.
COMM
Last Updated: 05 December, 2024
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airspy
Bookworm:(1.0.10-2) Bullseye:(1.0.9-4) Tiny and efficient software defined radio receiver - utilities wwwairspyhf
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.8-3) HF+VHF software defined radio receiver - user runtime wwwasterisk
Bookworm:(1:20.1.0~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1) Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u5) Open Source Private Branch Exchange (PBX) wwwasterisk-config
Bookworm:(1:20.1.0~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1) Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u5) Configuration files for Asterisk wwwasterisk-core-sounds-en
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - US Englishasterisk-core-sounds-en-g722
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - en-us/g722asterisk-core-sounds-en-gsm
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - en-us/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-en-wav
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - en-us/wavasterisk-core-sounds-es
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - Spanishasterisk-core-sounds-es-g722
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - es-mx/g722asterisk-core-sounds-es-gsm
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - es-mx/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-es-wav
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - es-mx/wavasterisk-core-sounds-fr
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - Canadian Frenchasterisk-core-sounds-fr-g722
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - fr-ca/g722asterisk-core-sounds-fr-gsm
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - fr-ca/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-fr-wav
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - fr-ca/wavasterisk-core-sounds-it
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - Italianasterisk-core-sounds-it-g722
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - it-it/g722asterisk-core-sounds-it-gsm
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - it-it/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-it-wav
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - it-it/wavasterisk-core-sounds-ru
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - Russianasterisk-core-sounds-ru-g722
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - ru-ru/g722asterisk-core-sounds-ru-gsm
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - ru-ru/gsmasterisk-core-sounds-ru-wav
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.6.1-1) asterisk PBX sound files - ru-ru/wavasterisk-dahdi
Bookworm:(1:20.1.0~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1) Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u5) DAHDI devices support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-flite
Bookworm:(3.0-4) Bullseye:(3.0-3) flite module for Asterisk wwwasterisk-mobile
Bookworm:(1:20.1.0~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1) Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u5) Bluetooth phone support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-moh-opsound-g722
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.03-1.1) asterisk extra sound files - English/g722 wwwasterisk-moh-opsound-gsm
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.03-1.1) asterisk extra sound files - English/gsm wwwasterisk-moh-opsound-wav
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.03-1.1) asterisk extra sound files - English/wav wwwasterisk-mp3
Bookworm:(1:20.1.0~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1) Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u5) MP3 playback support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-mysql
Bookworm:(1:20.1.0~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1) Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u5) MySQL database protocol support for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-ooh323
Bookworm:(1:20.1.0~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1) Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u5) H.323 protocol support for the Asterisk PBX - ooH323c wwwasterisk-prompt-de
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.0-1.2) German voice prompts for the Asterisk PBXasterisk-prompt-es
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.4-1) Spanish prompts for the Asterisk PBX wwwasterisk-prompt-es-co
Bookworm:(0.20070403-2.1) Bullseye:(0.20070403-2) Colombian Spanish voice prompts for Asterisk wwwasterisk-prompt-fr-armelle
Bookworm:(20070613-2.2) Bullseye:(20070613-2.1) French voice prompts for Asterisk by Armelle Desjardinsasterisk-prompt-fr-proformatique
Bookworm & Bullseye:(20070706-1.4-2.1) French voice prompts for Asteriskasterisk-prompt-it
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) dummy transitional package wwwasterisk-prompt-it-menardi
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) asterisk PBX Italian sound files wwwasterisk-prompt-it-menardi-alaw
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) asterisk PBX Italian sound files - a-law prompts wwwasterisk-prompt-it-menardi-gsm
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) asterisk PBX Italian sound files - gsm prompts wwwasterisk-prompt-it-menardi-wav
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1:1.4.22+mm20110907-3.1) asterisk PBX Italian sound files - wav prompts wwwasterisk-prompt-se
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.045-1) Swedish voice prompts for Asteriskasterisk-tests
Bookworm:(1:20.1.0~dfsg+~cs6.12.40431414-1) Bullseye:(1:16.28.0~dfsg-0+deb11u5) internal test modules of the Asterisk PBX www- Back to top
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baresip
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) portable and modular SIP user-agent - metapackage wwwbaresip-core
Bookworm:(1.0.0-4+b3) Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) portable and modular SIP user-agent - core parts wwwbaresip-ffmpeg
Bookworm:(1.0.0-4+b3) Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) portable and modular SIP user-agent - FFmpeg codecs and formats wwwbaresip-gstreamer
Bookworm:(1.0.0-4+b3) Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) portable and modular SIP user-agent - GStreamer pipelines wwwbaresip-gtk
Bookworm:(1.0.0-4+b3) Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) portable and modular SIP user-agent - GTK+ front-end wwwbaresip-x11
Bookworm:(1.0.0-4+b3) Bullseye:(1.0.0-4) portable and modular SIP user-agent - X11 features wwwbinkd
Bookworm:(1.1a-115-1) Bullseye:(1.1a-111-1) FidoTech TCP/IP mailerbladerf
Bookworm:(0.2022.11-1) Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Nuand bladeRF software-defined radio device (tools) wwwbladerf-firmware-fx3
Bookworm:(0.2022.11-1) Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Nuand bladeRF firmware downloader (FX3) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedx115
Bookworm:(0.2022.11-1) Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedx115) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedx40
Bookworm:(0.2022.11-1) Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedx40) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedxa4
Bookworm:(0.2022.11-1) Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedxA4) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedxa5
Bookworm:(0.2022.11-1) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedxA5) wwwbladerf-fpga-hostedxa9
Bookworm:(0.2022.11-1) Bullseye:(0.2019.07-7) Nuand bladeRF FPGA bitstream downloader (hostedxA9) www- Back to top
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callaudiod
Bookworm:(0.1.7-1) Bullseye:(0.1.0-1) Call audio routing daemon wwwckermit
Bookworm:(402~beta08-1) Bullseye:(305~alpha02-1) serial and network communications package wwwconman
Bookworm:(0.2.7-1.1) Bullseye:(0.2.7-1) serial console management program wwwconserver-client
Bookworm:(8.2.7-2) Bullseye:(8.2.6-2) connect to a console server wwwconserver-server
Bookworm:(8.2.7-2) Bullseye:(8.2.6-2) connect multiple user to a serial console with logging wwwcu
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.07-27) call up another system wwwcutecom
Bookworm:(0.51.0-1) Bullseye:(0.30.3-1) Graphical serial terminal, like minicom wwwcyclades-serial-client
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.94) Network Serial port client software for Cyclades terminal servers- Back to top
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dahdi
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1:3.1.0-2+b2) utilities for using the DAHDI kernel modules wwwdahdi-firmware-nonfree
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.11.1.0.20170917-1) DAHDI non-free firmware wwwdahdi-linux
Bookworm:(1:2.11.1.0.20170917~dfsg-8.4) Bullseye:(1:2.11.1.0.20170917~dfsg-7.4) DAHDI telephony interface - Linux userspace parts wwwdxtool
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.1-4) DistoX data download utility www- Back to top
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efax
Bookworm:(1:0.9a-21) Bullseye:(1:0.9a-20) programs to send and receive fax messagesefax-gtk
Bookworm:(3.2.8-2.3+b1) Bullseye:(3.2.8-2.2) front end in GTK+ for the efax program www- Back to top
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f-irc
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.36-1.1) user-friendly IRC client for the console/terminal wwwfoxtrotgps
Bookworm:(1.2.2+bzr331-1) Bullseye:(1.2.2+bzr331-1~deb11u1) GTK+ mapping and GPS application www- Back to top
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gammu
Bookworm:(1.42.0-8) Bullseye:(1.41.0-1.1) mobile phone management utility wwwgammu-smsd
Bookworm:(1.42.0-8) Bullseye:(1.41.0-1.1) SMS message daemon wwwgkermit
Bookworm:(2.01-2) Bullseye:(1.0-11) G-Kermit file transfer program wwwgnokii
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Datasuite for mobile phone management (metapackage) wwwgnokii-cli
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Datasuite for mobile phone management (console interface) wwwgnokii-common
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Datasuite for mobile phone management (base files) wwwgnokii-smsd
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) SMS Daemon for mobile phones wwwgnokii-smsd-mysql
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) SMSD plugin for MySQL storage backend wwwgnokii-smsd-pgsql
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) SMSD plugin for PostgreSQL storage backend wwwgnome-calls
Bookworm:(44~alpha.1-1) Bullseye:(0.2.0-2) Make and receive PSTN phone calls wwwgnuradio
Bookworm:(3.10.5.1-3) Bullseye:(3.8.2.0-14) GNU Radio Software Radio Toolkit wwwgsm-utils
Bookworm:(1.10+20120414.gita5e5ae9a-2+b2) Bullseye:(1.10+20120414.gita5e5ae9a-0.3) GSM mobile phone access applications wwwgtkterm
Bookworm:(1.2.1-1) Bullseye:(1.1.1-1) simple GTK+ serial port terminal www- Back to top
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hackrf
Bookworm:(2022.09.1-3) Bullseye:(2018.01.1-2) Software defined radio peripheral - utilities wwwhylafax-client
Bookworm:(3:6.0.7-5) Bullseye:(3:6.0.7-3.1) Flexible client/server fax software - client utilities wwwhylafax-server
Bookworm:(3:6.0.7-5) Bullseye:(3:6.0.7-3.1) Flexible client/server fax software - server daemons www- Back to top
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iaxmodem
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.2.0~dfsg-4) software modem with IAX2 connectivity wwwifcico
Bookworm:(2.14tx8.10-27) Bullseye:(2.14tx8.10-26) Fidonet Technology transport packageifgate
Bookworm:(2.14tx8.10-27) Bullseye:(2.14tx8.10-26) Internet to Fidonet gatewayifmail
Bookworm:(2.14tx8.10-27) Bullseye:(2.14tx8.10-26) Internet to Fidonet gatewayipp-usb
Bookworm:(0.9.23-1) Bullseye:(0.9.17-3) Daemon for IPP over USB printer support wwwippusbxd
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.34-2) Daemon for IPP USB printer support wwwircp-tray
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.7.6-1.2) IrDA and OBEX wireless file transfer www- Back to top
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janus
Bookworm:(1.1.2-1) Bullseye:(0.10.9-1) general purpose WebRTC server/gateway wwwjanus-demos
Bookworm:(1.1.2-1) Bullseye:(0.10.9-1) general purpose WebRTC server/gateway - demos wwwjanus-tools
Bookworm:(1.1.2-1) Bullseye:(0.10.9-1) general purpose WebRTC server/gateway - helper tools wwwjpnevulator
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.3.6-1) Serial sniffer www- Back to top
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libcallaudio-tools
Bookworm:(0.1.7-1) Bullseye:(0.1.0-1) Helper tools for libcallaudio wwwlibopenr2-bin
Bookworm:(1.3.3-2+b19) Bullseye:(1.3.3-2+b17) MFC/R2 (telephony) call setup library - test programs wwwlrzsz
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.12.21-10) Tools for zmodem/xmodem/ymodem file transfer www- Back to top
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mgetty
Bookworm:(1.2.1-1.2) Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Smart Modem getty replacement wwwmgetty-docs
Bookworm:(1.2.1-1.2) Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Documentation Package for mgetty wwwmgetty-fax
Bookworm:(1.2.1-1.2) Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Faxing tools for mgetty wwwmgetty-pvftools
Bookworm:(1.2.1-1.2) Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Programs for listening and manipulating pvf and rmd files wwwmgetty-viewfax
Bookworm:(1.2.1-1.2) Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Program for displaying Group-3 Fax files under X wwwmgetty-voice
Bookworm:(1.2.1-1.2) Bullseye:(1.2.1-1.1) Voicemail handler for mgetty wwwmicrocom
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2019.01.0-2) minimalistic terminal programminicom
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.8-2) Friendly menu driven serial communication program wwwminimodem
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.24-1) general-purpose software audio FSK modem wwwmmsd-tng
Bookworm:(2.1.0-1) Multimedia Messaging Service Daemon - The Next Generation wwwmodem-cmd
Bookworm:(1.0.2-4) Bullseye:(1.0.2-3.1) send arbitrary AT commands to your modem www- Back to top
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ngetty
Bookworm:(1.1-10) Bullseye:(1.1-9) getty replacement - one single daemon for all consolesnyx
Bookworm:(2.1.0-2.2) Bullseye:(2.1.0-2.1) terminal status monitor for tor www- Back to top
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obexfs
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.11-2) mount filesystem of ObexFTP capable devicesobexftp
Bookworm:(0.24-9) Bullseye:(0.24-6+b3) file transfer utility for devices that use the OBEX protocol wwwobexpushd
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.11.2-1.1) program for receiving files via Bluetooth or IRDA wwwonioncat
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.2.2+svn569-2) IP-Transparent Tor hidden service connector wwwopenobex-apps
Bookworm:(1.7.2-2.1) Bullseye:(1.7.2-1) Applications for OpenOBEX www- Back to top
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panoramisk
Bookworm:(1.4-2) Bullseye:(1.0-1.2) asyncio based library to play with asterisk (Python 3 binary) wwwphosh-antispam
Bookworm:(3.0.0-1) Reject spam calls for gnome-calls wwwpicocom
Bookworm:(3.1-4) Bullseye:(3.1-2) minimal dumb-terminal emulation program www- Back to top
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rtl-sdr
Bookworm:(0.6.0-4) Bullseye:(0.6.0-3) Software defined radio receiver for Realtek RTL2832U (tools) wwwrtsp-server-perl
Bookworm:(0.06-3) Bullseye:(0.06-2) Lightweight RTSP/RTP streaming media server (service) www- Back to top
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sachesi
Bookworm:(2.0.4+ds-6+b1) Bullseye:(2.0.4+ds-4) BlackBerry 10 device utility wwwscmxx
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.9.0-2.4) Exchange data with Siemens mobile phones wwwsecsipidx
Bookworm:(1.2.0-2) Bullseye:(1.1.1~git20210601.d388d64-1) Secure SIP Identity Extensions - IETF STIR and SHAKEN wwwsendpage-client
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.0.3-1.1) client to send alpha-numeric text pages via SNPP wwwsendpage-common
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.0.3-1.1) common libraries used to handle alpha-numeric text paging wwwsendpage-server
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.0.3-1.1) server used to queue and send alpha-numeric text pages via TAP wwwsetserial
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.17-53) controls configuration of serial portsseyon
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.20c-34) Full-featured native X11 communications programsimple-whip-client
Bookworm:(0.0~git20230131-1) simple GStreamer-based WHIP client wwwsimple-whip-server
Bookworm:(0.0~git20230201-1) simple WHIP server using Janus as backend wwwsip-tester
Bookworm:(1:3.6.1-1+b1) Bullseye:(1:3.6.1-1) Performance testing tool for the SIP protocol wwwsms4you
Bookworm:(0.0.7-2) Bullseye:(0.0.7-1) Personal gateway connecting SMS to XMPP or email wwwsms4you-email
Bookworm:(0.0.7-2) Bullseye:(0.0.7-1) Personal gateway connecting SMS to email wwwsms4you-xmpp
Bookworm:(0.0.7-2) Bullseye:(0.0.7-1) Personal gateway connecting SMS to XMPP wwwsmsclient
Bookworm & Bullseye:(2.0.8z-10) A program for sending short messages (SM / SMS)smstools
Bookworm & Bullseye:(3.1.21-4) SMS server tools for GSM modems wwwsngrep
Bookworm:(1.6.0-1) Bullseye:(1.4.8-1) Ncurses SIP Messages flow viewer wwwsredird
Bookworm:(2.2.1-2.1) Bullseye:(2.2.1-2) RFC 2217 compliant Telnet serial port redirectorsympathy
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.2.1+woking+cvs+git20171124-1) serial port concentrator system - server/client program- Back to top
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tio
Bookworm:(2.5-1) Bullseye:(1.32-1) simple TTY terminal I/O application wwwtua
Bookworm & Bullseye:(4.3-14) The UUCP Analyzertwinkle
Bookworm:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-2) Bullseye:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-1) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) SIP Phone (GUI) wwwtwinkle-common
Bookworm:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-2) Bullseye:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-1) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) SIP Phone (common files) wwwtwinkle-console
Bookworm:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-2) Bullseye:(1:1.10.2+dfsg-1) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) SIP Phone (console) www- Back to top
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usb-modeswitch
Bookworm:(2.6.1-3+b1) Bullseye:(2.6.1-1) mode switching tool for controlling "flip flop" USB devices wwwusb-modeswitch-data
Bookworm:(20191128-5) Bullseye:(20191128-3) mode switching data for usb-modeswitch wwwussp-push
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.11-4) Client for OBEX PUSHuucp
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.07-27) Unix to Unix Copy Program www- Back to top
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vpb-utils
Bookworm:(4.2.61-1.4) Bullseye:(4.2.61-1.2) Voicetronix telephony hardware userspace toolsvvmd
Bookworm:(0.14-1) Visual Voicemail Daemon wwwvvmplayer
Bookworm:(2.1.0-1) Visual Voicemail Player www- Back to top
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wvdial
Bookworm:(1.61-6+b1) Bullseye:(1.61-5) intelligent Point-to-Point Protocol dialer wwwwys
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.1.11-1) daemon to start/stop PulseAudio loopbacks for phone call audio www- Back to top
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xgnokii
Bookworm & Bullseye:(0.6.30+dfsg-1.3) Datasuite for mobile phone management (X interface) wwwxringd
Bookworm & Bullseye:(1.20-27) extended ring daemon - monitor phone rings and take actionxtel
Bookworm:(3.3.0-26) Bullseye:(3.3.0-24) X emulator of the French Minitel www