How do I set up SIP voice calling in Empathy?

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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, 2011 at 14:31 — sagarchalise, Apr 28, 2011 at 14:31

zerodeux · Accepted Answer · 2013-05-03 22:21:51Z

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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 3, 2013 at 22:21

zerodeux

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Thanks! I'm on 13.04 and this was definitely the solution.
– karlingen
May 29, 2013 at 18:06
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This still works on 18.04
– ThankYee
Nov 23, 2019 at 1:23
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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, 2021 at 15:27

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mars · Accepted Answer · 2011-04-28 20:06:00Z

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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.

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answered Apr 28, 2011 at 14:56

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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 3, 2012 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 5, 2012 at 15:55

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