How To Install fex on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fex on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is fex
fex is:
F*EX (Frams’s Fast File EXchange) is a service that can be used to allow users anywhere on the Internet to exchange very large files quickly and conveniently.
The sender uploads the file to the F*EX-server and the recipient automatically gets a notification e-mail with a download-URL.
Main features of F*EX:
- file transfer of virtually unlimited file size
- sender and recipient only need an e-mail program and a web browser (of any kind; they do not have to install any software)
- RESEND and REGET for resuming after link failures at last sent byte
- auto-notification of recipient
- auto-deletion after download
- auto-deletion after expiration date (default: 5 days)
- full-users can create one time upload URLs for foreign users
- full-users can create sub-users, who can send only to this full-user
- full-users can create groups, an analogy to mailing lists, but for files
- admin can allow (internal or external) user self-registration
- admin can allow upload to public recipients without authentication
- admin can allow upload for LAN users without registration (anonymous upload)
- maintenance-free: no administration necessary beyond creating new F*EX accounts
- multiple recipients only require one stored copy
- F*EX uses HTTP and needs no firewall tunnels
- support for streams, too (SEX: Stream EXchange)
- shell clients provided for commandline users: fexsend and fexget. (fex-utils package)
There are three methods to install fex on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install fex Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fex
Install fex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fex
Install fex 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 fex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fex
How To Uninstall fex on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the fex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fex
Uninstall fex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fex
Remove fex Configurations and Data
To remove fex configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fex
Remove fex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fex
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fex package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
