astgenkey command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix astgenkey command not found error message

Introduction

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

astgenkey: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: astgenkey: command not found

Solutions to astgenkey: command not found

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

In Ubuntu astgenkey is provided by asterisk package.

asterisk is:

Asterisk is an Open Source PBX and telephony toolkit. It is, in a sense, middleware between Internet and telephony channels on the bottom, and Internet and telephony applications at the top.

Asterisk can be used with Voice over IP (SIP, H.323, IAX and more) standards, or the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) through supported hardware.

Supported hardware:

  • All Wildcard (tm) ISDN PRI cards from Digium (http://www.digium.com)
  • HFC-S/HFC-4S-based ISDN BRI cards (Junghanns.NET, beroNet, Digium etc.)
  • All TDM (FXO/FXS) cards from Digium
  • Various clones of Digium cards such as those by OpenVox
  • Xorcom Astribank USB telephony adapter (http://www.xorcom.com)
  • Voicetronix OpenPCI, OpenLine and OpenSwitch cards
  • CAPI-compatible ISDN cards (using the add-on package chan-capi)
  • Full Duplex Sound Card (ALSA or OSS) supported by Linux
  • Tormenta T1/E1 card (http://www.zapatatelephony.org)
  • QuickNet Internet PhoneJack and LineJack (http://www.quicknet.net)

This is the main package that includes the Asterisk daemon and most channel drivers and applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install asterisk

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

You can also use apt command to install asterisk.

sudo apt -y install asterisk

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

sudo aptitude install asterisk

Summary

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