How To Install sfftobmp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sfftobmp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sfftobmp
sfftobmp is:
Tool to convert “Structured Fax Files” into Windows bitmaps (BMP), Portable Bitmaps (PBM), JPEG Pictures (JPG) and single or multi-page TIFF Images.
SFF means ‘Structured Fax File’, intended by the CAPI interface to be used to save incoming faxes. Within GNU/Linux it’s e.g. the AVM-B1 card which creates such files.
There are three methods to install sfftobmp 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 sfftobmp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sfftobmp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sfftobmp
Install sfftobmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sfftobmp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sfftobmp
Install sfftobmp 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 sfftobmp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sfftobmp
How To Uninstall sfftobmp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sfftobmp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sfftobmp
Uninstall sfftobmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sfftobmp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sfftobmp
Remove sfftobmp Configurations and Data
To remove sfftobmp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sfftobmp
Remove sfftobmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sfftobmp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sfftobmp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sfftobmp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
