How To Install efax on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install efax on Debian 9.
What is efax
efax is:
efax is a small ANSI C/POSIX program that provides the data transport function for fax applications using any Class 1 or Class 2 fax modem. Another program, efix, converts between fax, text, bitmap and grayscale formats. fax, a shell script, provides a simple user interface to the efax and efix programs. It allows you to send text or Postscript files as faxes and receive, print or preview received faxes.
The ghostscript package is needed to fax Postscript files, and an image viewing program like xloadimage is needed to view incoming faxes.
Note that you probably have to adapt /etc/efax.rc to your needs.
There are three methods to install efax on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install efax Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install efax using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install efax
Install efax Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install efax using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install efax
Install efax 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 efax using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install efax
How To Uninstall efax on Debian 9
To uninstall only the efax package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove efax
Uninstall efax And Its Dependencies
To uninstall efax and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove efax
Remove efax Configurations and Data
To remove efax configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge efax
Remove efax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove efax configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge efax
Dependencies
efax have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install efax package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.