How to Install and Uninstall mgetty-fax Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mgetty-fax" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mgetty-fax on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mgetty-fax" package

Learn how to uninstall mgetty-fax on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: mgetty-fax
Source: mgetty
Version: 1.2.1-1.2
Installed-Size: 489
Maintainer: Andreas Barth
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: mgetty
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, cron, mgetty (= 1.2.1-1.2), perl
Suggests: debianutils (>= 1.6), netpbm, ghostscript, mgetty-viewfax (>= 1.2.1-1.2)
Conflicts: mgetty (<= 1.1.30-9)
Description: Faxing tools for mgetty
Description-md5: 9d149b8c3ab687e4d875ba8146ecf3ca
Homepage: http://mgetty.greenie.net/
Tag: hardware::modem, role::program, use::transmission, works-with::fax
Section: comm
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mgetty/mgetty-fax_1.2.1-1.2_amd64.deb
Size: 137248
MD5sum: 1c93d1043270b146730e35b85806461e
SHA256: 2dc38eb7bff18cdcf36c524ca49607390b1ea6818f41c95c5c815512f27c36b8