How To Install cups-pk-helper on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-pk-helper in Fedora 36. cups-pk-helper is A helper that makes system-config-printer use PolicyKit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-pk-helper on Fedora 36.

What is `cups-pk-helper`

cups-pk-helper is an application which makes cups configuration interfaces available under control of PolicyKit.

We can use yum or dnf to install cups-pk-helper on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-pk-helper.

Install cups-pk-helper on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cups-pk-helper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install cups-pk-helper

Install cups-pk-helper on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install cups-pk-helper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install cups-pk-helper

How To Uninstall cups-pk-helper on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the cups-pk-helper package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove cups-pk-helper

cups-pk-helper Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/dbus-1/system.d/org.opensuse.CupsPkHelper.Mechanism.conf
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/635b5e6b00657eb9347253ccea7e1948f2efa3
/usr/libexec/cups-pk-helper-mechanism
/usr/share/dbus-1/system-services/org.opensuse.CupsPkHelper.Mechanism.service
/usr/share/doc/cups-pk-helper
/usr/share/doc/cups-pk-helper/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cups-pk-helper/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cups-pk-helper/NEWS
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/en/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/eo/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/eu/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/gl/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/ia/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/id/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/ka/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/kk/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/ko/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/lv/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/oc/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/uk/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_TW/LC_MESSAGES/cups-pk-helper.mo
/usr/share/polkit-1/actions/org.opensuse.cupspkhelper.mechanism.policy

References

cups-pk-helper website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-pk-helper on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).