How To Install hylafax+ on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install hylafax+ on CentOS 7. hylafax+ is An enterprise-strength fax server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hylafax+ on CentOS 7.

What is hylafax+

HylaFAX(tm) is a enterprise-strength fax server supporting Class 1 and 2 fax modems on UNIX systems. It provides spooling services and numerous supporting fax management tools. The fax clients may reside on machines different from the server and client implementations exist for a number of platforms including windows.

We can use yum or dnf to install hylafax+ on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install hylafax+.

Install hylafax+ on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install hylafax+ using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hylafax+

Install hylafax+ on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

After updating yum database, We can install hylafax+ using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hylafax+

How To Uninstall hylafax+ on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the hylafax+ package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove hylafax+

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install hylafax+ on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.