How To Install mgetty-sendfax on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-sendfax on Fedora 36.
What is mgetty-sendfax
Sendfax is a standalone backend program for sending fax files. The mgetty program (a getty replacement for handling logins over a serial line) plus sendfax will allow you to send faxes through a Class 2 modem. If you’d like to send faxes over a Class 2 modem, you’ll need to install the mgetty-sendfax and the mgetty packages.
We can use yum or dnf to install mgetty-sendfax on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mgetty-sendfax.
Install mgetty-sendfax on Fedora 36 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mgetty-sendfax using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install mgetty-sendfax
Install mgetty-sendfax on Fedora 36 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install mgetty-sendfax using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install mgetty-sendfax
How To Uninstall mgetty-sendfax on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the mgetty-sendfax package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove mgetty-sendfax
mgetty-sendfax Package Contents on Fedora 36
/etc/logrotate.d/sendfax
/etc/mgetty+sendfax
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/faxheader
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/faxrunq.config
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/faxspool.rules.sample
/etc/mgetty+sendfax/sendfax.config
/usr/bin/ct
/usr/bin/faxq
/usr/bin/faxrm
/usr/bin/faxrunq
/usr/bin/faxspool
/usr/bin/kvg
/usr/bin/newslock
/usr/bin/pbm2g3
/usr/bin/sff2g3
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/12
/usr/lib/.build-id/12/6f78df68ec969536933debb378960744f952a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/67
/usr/lib/.build-id/67/723fca7f5889e3f30a8bc1a02b0a2e506a9c32
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/ca298bd9b3bbe1dd6fefaf42c0cf143d703f4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/2ea83bf98e27e6638be16b566de5f8fcd047e9
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf
/usr/lib/.build-id/cf/1afce1dd8d9685a93de1a4ddafde056e476f5b
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8
/usr/lib/.build-id/d8/b6f8308c16010d280e2610013b8543742fb5a5
/usr/lib/systemd/system/faxrunqd.service
/usr/lib64/mgetty+sendfax
/usr/lib64/mgetty+sendfax/cour25.pbm
/usr/lib64/mgetty+sendfax/cour25n.pbm
/usr/lib64/mgetty+sendfax/faxq-helper
/usr/sbin/faxrunqd
/usr/sbin/sendfax
/usr/share/man/man1/coverpg.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/faxq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/faxrm.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/faxrunq.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/faxspool.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/mgetty_fax.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pbm2g3.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sff2g3.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/faxqueue.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/faxq-helper.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/faxrunqd.8.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/sendfax.8.gz
/var/spool/fax
/var/spool/fax/incoming
/var/spool/fax/outgoing
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-sendfax on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).