viewfax command not found

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

Introduction

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

viewfax: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: viewfax: command not found

In Ubuntu viewfax is provided by mgetty-viewfax package.

mgetty-viewfax is:

The program ‘viewfax’ allows you to view Group-3 fax files in an X window. Group-3 is the “standard” format for faxes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install mgetty-viewfax

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

You can also use apt command to install mgetty-viewfax.

sudo apt -y install mgetty-viewfax

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

sudo aptitude install mgetty-viewfax

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