How to Install and Uninstall fex Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "fex" package

Learn how to install fex on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fex
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "fex" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fex on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fex
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the fex package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: fex
Architecture: all
Version: 20160919-2
Priority: optional
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Kilian Krause
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2109
Depends: debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, perl:any, adduser, xinetd | inet-superserver, libdigest-md5-file-perl, ucf, libjs-jquery, exim4 | postfix | mail-transport-agent
Recommends: perl, libnet-dns-perl, fex-utils, libsocket6-perl, wget
Filename: pool/universe/f/fex/fex_20160919-2_all.deb
Size: 249960
MD5sum: 2b28d983120f166fdcaa87afc4aaa0b8
SHA1: 852caf81922884825445f38246452e5a1c66b24f
SHA256: 7d8db50e1a3ec780980432e74caf9a97649fa1f7562c782a8381e9edd9fb4f84
SHA512: 369dd9228363d93e98d3ff86f426529e1e2abe7d243a8e4bf482712aff414a1d8c686818ca113ba82f172df96fdd4595beb4980a14023c14c334c85d3a44eaa9
Homepage: http://fex.rus.uni-stuttgart.de/
Description-en: web service for transferring very large files
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)
Description-md5: df618fdd29cce7704c27a17b6bf059a9