Information about the package, efax, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The efax package is designed for, A program for faxing using a Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem..
Package Name:
efax
Summary:
A program for faxing using a Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem.
Description:
Efax is a small ANSI C/POSIX program that sends and receives faxes using any Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem. You need to install efax if you want to send faxes and you have a Class 1, 2 or 2.0 fax modem.
Architecture:
x86_64
Version:
0.9a
Release:
8.el6
Size:
96 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
GPLv2+
Control the efax package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install efax
This command will install efax on the server.
yum remove efax
This command will un-install efax on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove efax, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove efax
This command will un-install efax on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove efax when using the -y flag.
yum update efax
This command will update efax to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove efax, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update efax
This command will update efax to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove efax when using the -y flag.
yum info efax
This command will show you core information about the efax package.
yum deplist efax
This command will show you the dependencies for efax. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update efax
This command will check if there is an update waiting on efax. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.