makeann command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

makeann: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: makeann: command not found

Solutions to makeann: command not found

How To Fix makeann: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu makeann is provided by rtpproxy package.

rtpproxy is:

A high-performance media relay for RTP streams that can work together with SIP Express Router, OpenSER or Sippy B2BUA. Its main use is to support SIP user agents behind NAT, but it can also act as a generic media relay.

The main purpose of RTPproxy is to make the communication between SIP user agents behind NAT(s) (Network Address Translator) possible. Several cases exists when direct end-to-end communication is not possible and RTP streams have to be relayed through another host. The RTPproxy can be used to setup such a relaying host.

Originally created for handling NAT scenarious it can also act as a generic media relay as well as gateway RTP sessions between IPv4 and IPv6 networks. It can also perform number of additional functions, including call recording, playing pre-encoded announcements, real-time stream copying and RTP payload reframing.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install rtpproxy

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install rtpproxy.

sudo apt -y install rtpproxy

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install rtpproxy

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix makeann command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.