faxalter command not found

In this troubleshooting guide we learn how to fix faxalter command not found error message

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

faxalter: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: faxalter: command not found

In Ubuntu faxalter is provided by hylafax-client package.

hylafax-client is:

The HylaFAX client software communicates with a HylaFAX server via TCP/IP.

HylaFAX support the sending and receiving of facsimiles, the polled retrieval of facsimiles and the send of alphanumeric pages.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install hylafax-client

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install hylafax-client.

sudo apt -y install hylafax-client

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install hylafax-client

In this tutorial we learn how to fix faxalter command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.