How To Install gosa-plugin-gofax on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-gofax on Debian 9. gosa-plugin-gofax is gofax plugin for GOsa?

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-gofax on Debian 9.

What is gosa-plugin-gofax

gosa-plugin-gofax is:

GOfax management with report functionality

GOsa? is a combination of system-administrator and end-user web interface, designed to handle LDAP based setups.

There are three methods to install gosa-plugin-gofax 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 gosa-plugin-gofax Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gosa-plugin-gofax using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gosa-plugin-gofax

Install gosa-plugin-gofax Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gosa-plugin-gofax using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gosa-plugin-gofax

Install gosa-plugin-gofax 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 gosa-plugin-gofax using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gosa-plugin-gofax

How To Uninstall gosa-plugin-gofax on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gosa-plugin-gofax package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gosa-plugin-gofax

Uninstall gosa-plugin-gofax And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gosa-plugin-gofax and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gosa-plugin-gofax

Remove gosa-plugin-gofax Configurations and Data

To remove gosa-plugin-gofax configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gosa-plugin-gofax

Remove gosa-plugin-gofax configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gosa-plugin-gofax configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gosa-plugin-gofax

Dependencies

gosa-plugin-gofax have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-gofax package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.