How do I set up SIP voice calling in Empathy?

Question

I would like to use Empathy for Internet voice chat, but I do not see an option under the Empathy Accounts menu to create a SIP account.

How do I set up Internet voice calling in Empathy?

I think you need telepathy-sofiasip package installed – sagarchalise Apr 28 '11 at 14:31 — sagarchalise, Apr 28 '11 at 14:31

score 7 · Accepted Answer · answered May 03 '13 at 22:21

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In 13.04 (and presumably 12.10), telepathy relies on rakia instead of sofiasip, and you need the Ubuntu account SIP module. In other words :

sudo apt-get install telepathy-rakia account-plugin-sip

answered May 03 '13 at 22:21

zerodeux

Thanks! I'm on 13.04 and this was definitely the solution. – karlingen May 29 '13 at 18:06
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This still works on 18.04 – ThankYee Nov 23 '19 at 01:23
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On Ubuntu 20.04 there is apparently no account-plugin-sip anymore, but if you only install telepathy-rakia it will pull the needed dependencies automagically for you and then it works (you can configure a SIP service). – Andyc Jul 25 '21 at 15:27

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Apr 28 '11 at 20:06

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According to https://live.gnome.org/Empathy/FAQ#How_can_I_connect_to_my_SIP_account.3F you need to install the telepathy-sofiasip from the Ubuntu Software Center.

Then, you will be able to add SIP accounts to Empathy from the list of protocols in the Empathy Accounts dialog.

edited Apr 28 '11 at 20:06

mars

answered Apr 28 '11 at 14:56

user4124

This was a correct answer, but 12.10 took away the accounts dialog and replaced it with something that doesn't seem to detect telepathy-sofiasip – Asa Ayers Dec 03 '12 at 16:18
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I also have a problem with 12.10: I was able to setup my SIP account from the account list, but when I try to start a call, I have to select a contact, I can not enter a sip: URL directly. On the other hand, the only available contacts are my google-chat contacts, and I can not add contacts to the SIP account :-( – Pierre-Antoine Dec 05 '12 at 15:55

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