faxsend command not found

Introduction

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

faxsend: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: faxsend: command not found

Solutions to faxsend: command not found

How To Fix faxsend: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu faxsend is provided by hylafax-server package.

hylafax-server is:

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

The host running the server must have either a Class 1, Class 2, or a Class 2.0 fax modem attached to one of its serial ports. End-user applications to manage the transmission of documents via facsimile are provided separately by the hylafax-client package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install hylafax-server

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

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

sudo apt -y install hylafax-server

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

sudo aptitude install hylafax-server

Summary

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