How To Install capi4hylafax on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install capi4hylafax on Debian 10.
What is capi4hylafax
capi4hylafax is:
If you have working capi20 interface, use this package to send and receive fax over capi. It can be used as a “fax-modem” for a hylafax-server or as stand alone version. Be sure you have a recent kernel with capi4linux compiled in.
Please read /usr/share/doc/capi4hylafax/README.Debian to make things working.
There are three methods to install capi4hylafax on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install capi4hylafax Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install capi4hylafax using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install capi4hylafax
Install capi4hylafax Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install capi4hylafax using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install capi4hylafax
Install capi4hylafax Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install capi4hylafax using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install capi4hylafax
How To Uninstall capi4hylafax on Debian 10
To uninstall only the capi4hylafax package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove capi4hylafax
Uninstall capi4hylafax And Its Dependencies
To uninstall capi4hylafax and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove capi4hylafax
Remove capi4hylafax Configurations and Data
To remove capi4hylafax configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge capi4hylafax
Remove capi4hylafax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove capi4hylafax configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge capi4hylafax
Dependencies
capi4hylafax have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install capi4hylafax package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
