How to Install and Uninstall mgetty-fax Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: February 02,2025

1. Install "mgetty-fax" package

Please follow the instructions below to install mgetty-fax on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mgetty-fax on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mgetty-fax
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mgetty-fax package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: mgetty-fax
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.1-1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/comm
Source: mgetty
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Andreas Barth
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 493
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, cron, mgetty (= 1.2.1-1), perl
Suggests: debianutils (>= 1.6), netpbm, ghostscript, mgetty-viewfax (>= 1.2.1-1)
Conflicts: mgetty (<= 1.1.30-9)
Replaces: mgetty
Filename: pool/universe/m/mgetty/mgetty-fax_1.2.1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 142312
MD5sum: b4c499ced6e7bf6453fbf591b45c8476
SHA1: 15a0e6426027b2adddee5733de0af3988f933297
SHA256: 8d9f3d934f5788762a55f062ba263e22227c2638f438e78fa9236615b48f2337
Homepage: http://mgetty.greenie.net/
Description: Faxing tools for mgetty
Description-md5: 9d149b8c3ab687e4d875ba8146ecf3ca