How to Install and Uninstall efax Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the efax on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "efax" package

Please follow the steps below to install efax on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                efax
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "efax" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall efax on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                efax
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the efax package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: efax
Version: 1:0.9a-21
Installed-Size: 268
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libpaper-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, make
Suggests: xloadimage | imagemagick | mgetty-viewfax
Description: programs to send and receive fax messages
Description-md5: 2786f3290be033ea8b6fd54a0c4f5bb4
Tag: hardware::modem, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline,
role::program, scope::utility, use::transmission, works-with::fax
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/efax/efax_0.9a-21_amd64.deb
Size: 93572
MD5sum: 42cd5b3aea0dae2d1d757e84d9867128
SHA256: e537b1b8822444a2c99e01a0edcfa50f2f226a8eb164eaba7dc15dc7379cbb06