How To Install acfax on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install acfax on Ubuntu 20.04. acfax is Receive faxes using your radio and sound card

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install acfax on Ubuntu 20.04.

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 20.04. 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 20.04

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 20.04, 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 20.04 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 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.