How To Install cups-lpd on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-lpd on Rocky Linux 8.
What is cups-lpd
CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX® operating systems. This is the package that provides standard lpd emulation.
We can use yum or dnf to install cups-lpd on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-lpd.
Install cups-lpd on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf
Update yum database with dnf using the following command.
sudo dnf makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cups-lpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cups-lpd
Install cups-lpd on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cups-lpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cups-lpd
How To Uninstall cups-lpd on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the cups-lpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cups-lpd
cups-lpd Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/06328a63635f84fb884ba0149807bf18d38ee9
/usr/lib/cups/daemon/cups-lpd
/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups-lpd.socket
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/share/man/man8/cups-lpd.8.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-lpd on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.
