How To Install mgetty-viewfax on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-viewfax in Fedora 36. mgetty-viewfax is An X Window System fax viewer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-viewfax on Fedora 36.

What is `mgetty-viewfax`

Viewfax displays the fax files received using mgetty in an X11 window. Viewfax is capable of zooming in and out on the displayed fax.

We can use yum or dnf to install mgetty-viewfax on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install mgetty-viewfax.

Install mgetty-viewfax 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-viewfax using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install mgetty-viewfax

Install mgetty-viewfax 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-viewfax using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install mgetty-viewfax

How To Uninstall mgetty-viewfax on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the mgetty-viewfax package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove mgetty-viewfax

mgetty-viewfax Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/viewfax
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/11
/usr/lib/.build-id/11/0201fca1e5b7e24a5398009bb2d5fea2a25a90
/usr/lib64/mgetty+sendfax
/usr/lib64/mgetty+sendfax/viewfax.tif
/usr/share/doc/mgetty-viewfax
/usr/share/doc/mgetty-viewfax/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/mgetty-viewfax/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/mgetty-viewfax/README
/usr/share/man/man1/viewfax.1.gz

References

mgetty-viewfax website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mgetty-viewfax on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).