How To Install acfax on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install acfax on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is acfax
acfax is:
acfax allows you to receive faxes using your sound card. Typically you might use it to decode faxes sent over HF radio or from satellites.
There are three methods to install acfax on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install acfax Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install acfax using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install acfax
Install acfax Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install acfax using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install acfax
Install acfax 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install acfax using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install acfax
How To Uninstall acfax on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the acfax package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove acfax
Uninstall acfax And Its Dependencies
To uninstall acfax and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove acfax
Remove acfax Configurations and Data
To remove acfax configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge acfax
Remove acfax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove acfax configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge acfax
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install acfax package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.