How To Install pnm2ppa.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. pnm2ppa.x86_64 is Drivers for printing to HP PPA printers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is pnm2ppa.x86_64

Pnm2ppa is a color driver for HP PPA host-based printers such as the HP710C, 712C, 720C, 722C, 820Cse, 820Cxi, 1000Cse, and 1000Cxi. Pnm2ppa accepts Ghostscript output in PPM format and sends it to the printer in PPA format. Install pnm2ppa if you need to print to a PPA printer.

We can use yum to install pnm2ppa.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pnm2ppa.x86_64.

Install pnm2ppa.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 pnm2ppa.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pnm2ppa.x86_64

How To Uninstall pnm2ppa.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the pnm2ppa.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove pnm2ppa.x86_64

pnm2ppa.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/etc/pbm2ppa.conf
/etc/pnm2ppa.conf
/usr/bin/calibrate_ppa
/usr/bin/detect_ppa
/usr/bin/pbm2ppa
/usr/bin/pbmtpg
/usr/bin/pnm2ppa
/usr/bin/test_ppa
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/CALIBRATION.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/CALIBRATION.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/COLOR.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/COLOR.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/INSTALL.REDHAT.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/INSTALL.REDHAT.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/README
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/pbm2ppa
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/pbm2ppa/CALIBRATION
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/pbm2ppa/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/pbm2ppa/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/pbm2ppa/INSTALL-MORE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/pbm2ppa/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/pbm2ppa/README
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa-1.04/test.ps
/usr/share/man/man1/pbm2ppa.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pnm2ppa.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.