How To Install cups-filters.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.
What is cups-filters.x86_64
Contains backends, filters, and other software that was once part of the core CUPS distribution but is no longer maintained by Apple Inc. In addition it contains additional filters developed independently of Apple, especially filters for the PDF-centric printing workflow introduced by OpenPrinting.
We can use yum to install cups-filters.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-filters.x86_64.
Install cups-filters.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum
Update yum database with yum using the following command.
sudo yum makecache --refresh
After updating yum database, We can install cups-filters.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cups-filters.x86_64
How To Uninstall cups-filters.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2
To uninstall only the cups-filters.x86_64 package we can use the following command:
sudo yum remove cups-filters.x86_64
cups-filters.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2
/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
/usr/lib/cups/backend/implicitclass
/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
/usr/lib/cups/backend/serial
/usr/lib/cups/filter/bannertopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtoescpx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtopclx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetoraster
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftoijs
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftoraster
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoescpx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopclx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/textonly
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops
/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service
/usr/sbin/cups-browsed
/usr/share/cups/banners
/usr/share/cups/banners/classified
/usr/share/cups/banners/confidential
/usr/share/cups/banners/secret
/usr/share/cups/banners/standard
/usr/share/cups/banners/topsecret
/usr/share/cups/banners/unclassified
/usr/share/cups/charsets
/usr/share/cups/charsets/pdf.utf-8
/usr/share/cups/charsets/pdf.utf-8.heavy
/usr/share/cups/charsets/pdf.utf-8.simple
/usr/share/cups/data/default-testpage.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/default.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/testprint
/usr/share/cups/drv/cupsfilters.drv
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.types
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/pcl.h
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.0.35
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.0.35/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.0.35/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.0.35/README
/usr/share/man/man5/cups-browsed.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cups-browsed.8.gz
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/Generic-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/HP-Color_LaserJet_CM3530_MFP-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/HP-PhotoSmart_Pro_B8300-hpijs-pdftoijs.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/textonly.ppd
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.