How To Install system-config-printer on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer in Fedora 36. system-config-printer is A printer administration tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer on Fedora 36.

What is `system-config-printer`

system-config-printer is a graphical user interface that allows the user to configure a CUPS print server.

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

Install system-config-printer 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 system-config-printer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install system-config-printer

Install system-config-printer 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 system-config-printer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install system-config-printer

How To Uninstall system-config-printer on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the system-config-printer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove system-config-printer

system-config-printer Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/install-printerdriver
/usr/bin/system-config-printer
/usr/share/applications/system-config-printer.desktop
/usr/share/doc/system-config-printer
/usr/share/doc/system-config-printer/ABOUT-NLS
/usr/share/doc/system-config-printer/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/system-config-printer/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/system-config-printer/ChangeLog-OLD
/usr/share/doc/system-config-printer/NEWS
/usr/share/licenses/system-config-printer
/usr/share/licenses/system-config-printer/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/system-config-printer.1.gz
/usr/share/metainfo/system-config-printer.appdata.xml
/usr/share/system-config-printer/HIG.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/SearchCriterion.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ToolbarSearchEntry.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/HIG.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/HIG.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/SearchCriterion.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/SearchCriterion.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/ToolbarSearchEntry.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/ToolbarSearchEntry.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/check-device-ids.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/check-device-ids.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/install-printerdriver.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/install-printerdriver.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/serversettings.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/serversettings.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/system-config-printer.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/system-config-printer.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/userdefault.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/__pycache__/userdefault.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/check-device-ids.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/icons
/usr/share/system-config-printer/icons/i-network-printer.png
/usr/share/system-config-printer/install-printerdriver.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/serversettings.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/system-config-printer.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/CheckLocalServerPublishing.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/CheckNetworkServerSanity.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/CheckPPDSanity.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/CheckPrinterSanity.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/CheckSELinux.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/CheckUSBPermissions.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/ChooseNetworkPrinter.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/ChoosePrinter.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/DeviceListed.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/ErrorLogCheckpoint.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/ErrorLogFetch.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/ErrorLogParse.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/LocalOrRemote.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/Locale.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/NetworkCUPSPrinterShared.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/PrintTestPage.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/PrinterStateReasons.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/QueueNotEnabled.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/QueueRejectingJobs.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/RemoteAddress.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/SchedulerNotRunning.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/ServerFirewalled.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/Shrug.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/VerifyPackages.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/Welcome.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__init__.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckLocalServerPublishing.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckLocalServerPublishing.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckNetworkServerSanity.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckNetworkServerSanity.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckPPDSanity.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckPPDSanity.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckPrinterSanity.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckPrinterSanity.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckSELinux.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckSELinux.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckUSBPermissions.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/CheckUSBPermissions.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ChooseNetworkPrinter.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ChooseNetworkPrinter.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ChoosePrinter.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ChoosePrinter.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/DeviceListed.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/DeviceListed.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ErrorLogCheckpoint.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ErrorLogCheckpoint.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ErrorLogFetch.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ErrorLogFetch.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ErrorLogParse.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ErrorLogParse.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/LocalOrRemote.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/LocalOrRemote.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/Locale.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/Locale.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/NetworkCUPSPrinterShared.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/NetworkCUPSPrinterShared.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/PrintTestPage.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/PrintTestPage.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/PrinterStateReasons.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/PrinterStateReasons.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/QueueNotEnabled.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/QueueNotEnabled.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/QueueRejectingJobs.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/QueueRejectingJobs.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/RemoteAddress.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/RemoteAddress.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/SchedulerNotRunning.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/SchedulerNotRunning.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ServerFirewalled.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/ServerFirewalled.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/Shrug.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/Shrug.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/VerifyPackages.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/VerifyPackages.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/Welcome.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/Welcome.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/base.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/__pycache__/base.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/troubleshoot/base.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/AboutDialog.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/ConnectDialog.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/ConnectingDialog.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/InstallDialog.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/JobsWindow.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/NewPrinterName.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/NewPrinterWindow.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/PrinterPropertiesDialog.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/PrintersWindow.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/SMBBrowseDialog.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/ServerSettingsDialog.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/WaitWindow.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/ui/statusicon_popupmenu.ui
/usr/share/system-config-printer/userdefault.py
/usr/share/system-config-printer/xml/__pycache__
/usr/share/system-config-printer/xml/__pycache__/validate.cpython-310.opt-1.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/xml/__pycache__/validate.cpython-310.pyc
/usr/share/system-config-printer/xml/validate.py

References

system-config-printer website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).