TkScan/TkFax is a combined GUI for command line scanner driver and efax, mgetty+sendfax or hylafax. See also tkscanfax_e.html HOW TO INSTALL (You can choose A or B.) (A) using make, make install 1. Untar tkscanfax-1.1.*.tar.gz where you downloaded the tarball. $ tar xvzf tkscanfax-*.tar.gz 2. Change some variables in tkscan and tkfax if you use scanners. $ cd tkscanfax1 $ vi tkscan ... set scanner_driver mustek-scanimage <--- change this appropriately $ vi tkfax ... set scanner_driver epson <--- 3. Enter the directory tkscanfax1 where you untared and make, make install. $ make $ su (Enter the root password) # make install 4. Run tkscan1 or tkfax1 and edit configuration. (B) making RPM 1. Enter the command to building rpm where you downloaded the tarball. $ rpm -tb tkscanfax-1.1*.tar.gz Or, some system as like RHL8, $ rpmbuild -tb tkscanfax-1.1*.tar.gz In some systems, you need to run above as root. You will get many messages. The directory the rpm is written will be found in the final part of the messages, such as like... Written: /usr/src/redhat/rpm/RPMS/noarch/tkscanfax-1.1.*.noarch.rpm 2. Enter the directory where the noarc.rpm exists and do as root: # rpm -Uvh tkscanfax-1.1.*.noarch.rpm 3. Run tkscan1 or tkfax1 and edit configuration. WORKING DIRECTORIES This program makes working directories in the users home directory, ~/tkfax1 and ~/.tkscan1 so that it runs without interference with the stable version, tkscanfax-1.0x, that uses ~/.tkfax and ~/.tkscan.