How To Install hamfax on Debian 10

Learn how to install hamfax on Debian 10 with this tutorial. hamfax is Receive/send radio facsimile transmissions with Soundcard/PTC-II

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hamfax on Debian 10.

What is hamfax

hamfax is:

With this package you can send or receive radio facsimile transmissions using either a Linux-supported soundcard or an SCS PTC-II data controller.

Radio facsimile transmission are used most commonly by meteorological bureaus to provide weather maps to aircraft and shipping.

There are three methods to install hamfax 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 hamfax Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install hamfax using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install hamfax

Install hamfax Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hamfax using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hamfax

Install hamfax 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 hamfax using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hamfax

How To Uninstall hamfax on Debian 10

To uninstall only the hamfax package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hamfax

Uninstall hamfax And Its Dependencies

To uninstall hamfax and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hamfax

Remove hamfax Configurations and Data

To remove hamfax configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hamfax

Remove hamfax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove hamfax configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hamfax

Dependencies

hamfax have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hamfax package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.