How to Install and Uninstall efax Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "efax" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install efax on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: efax
Priority: optional
Section: universe/comm
Installed-Size: 320
Maintainer: MJ Ray (Debian)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.9a-19
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4-1), libpaper-utils, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, make
Suggests: gs, xloadimage | imagemagick | mgetty-viewfax
Filename: pool/universe/e/efax/efax_0.9a-19_amd64.deb
Size: 118992
MD5sum: 6230cbe13f68f4f86860ff053c92278f
SHA1: 8f114ba0d45c8af7ddaa43ff20c5e305c33658ba
SHA256: ed9472e418361d2483d5222e0b748428d712fc0fc215ccc1215db8b3460cced3
Description-en: programs to send and receive fax messages
efax is a small ANSI C/POSIX program that provides the data transport
function for fax applications using any Class 1 or Class 2 fax modem.
Another program, efix, converts between fax, text, bitmap and grayscale
formats. fax, a shell script, provides a simple user interface to the efax
and efix programs. It allows you to send text or Postscript files as faxes
and receive, print or preview received faxes.
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The ghostscript package is needed to fax Postscript files, and an image
viewing program like xloadimage is needed to view incoming faxes.
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Note that you probably have to adapt /etc/efax.rc to your needs.
Description-md5: e8947035a1bd200375135394f41ceb86
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu