How To Install efax on Fedora 34

efax is A program for faxing using a Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install efax on Fedora 34.

What is efax

Efax is a small ANSI C/POSIX program that sends and receives faxes using any Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem. You need to install efax if you want to send faxes and you have a Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem.

We can use yum or dnf to install efax on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install efax.

Install efax on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install efax using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install efax

Install efax on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install efax using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install efax

How To Uninstall efax on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove efax

efax Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/logrotate.d/efax
/usr/bin/efax
/usr/bin/efix
/usr/bin/fax
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/22
/usr/lib/.build-id/22/9daea07d5cef4f71958f6639ab3f35f010c2d3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a6/add1932ef5f05a6a383db13284ebb931a93135
/usr/share/doc/efax
/usr/share/doc/efax/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/efax/README
/usr/share/man/man1/efax.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/efix.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/fax.1.gz
/var/log/fax
/var/spool/fax

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install efax on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.