How To Install cups-filters on CentOS 8

cups-filters is OpenPrinting CUPS filters and backends

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters on CentOS 8.

What is `cups-filters`

Contains backends, filters, and other software that was once part of the core CUPS distribution but is no longer maintained by Apple Inc. In addition it contains additional filters developed independently of Apple, especially filters for the PDF-centric printing workflow introduced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 or dnf to install cups-filters on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-filters.

Install cups-filters on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo dnf -y install cups-filters

Install cups-filters on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

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

sudo yum -y install cups-filters

How To Uninstall cups-filters on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove cups-filters

cups-filters Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
/usr/bin/driverless
/usr/bin/foomatic-rip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/00
/usr/lib/.build-id/00/8c08be4c23b5221dfa69b654553e7e1b718d20
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a
/usr/lib/.build-id/1a/b662dc17950651c8c98b905f9436e22ba4b958
/usr/lib/.build-id/23
/usr/lib/.build-id/23/cb90371871b3fcb67af88f12ebd2f018ed1a13
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a
/usr/lib/.build-id/2a/798960b86189ded8794a7b1c511d6241a4edc0
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d
/usr/lib/.build-id/2d/029bc9f2370d48e9016a0e46aa7324e5930de6
/usr/lib/.build-id/38
/usr/lib/.build-id/38/03e301e43dc34628316f6ad7a9693adffd893f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f
/usr/lib/.build-id/3f/0044a300747dda831646def53269a08e24e898
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/cdebaec448a3f89c4cc751398fb59c91eee7a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/356921af92401b6370dbe20bfe9ff73886b92e
/usr/lib/.build-id/6d/5b225491a10885b3efbcd65c1022b514b35932
/usr/lib/.build-id/74
/usr/lib/.build-id/74/d7d98074b4fd7e9cecd5bb07d93a89c673361e
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/d2f13237c59bdea458657443be5e91bd3965c7
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/171a70501f29b835afc8e08245aa9015789899
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/289097e01948fb3af2c0de95dc0c5c3fdd5505
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/43db2fd51fed448bcb65fc72d8a70ce2c3887d
/usr/lib/.build-id/99
/usr/lib/.build-id/99/520ea63d537be72a8d13c15440ad833cc9be64
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/35e783ea41b5dbdf11421e99b0d70a0496d467
/usr/lib/.build-id/9b/3e9e5e07ffee2a4d6e44a03fed2104f44a422d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c
/usr/lib/.build-id/9c/ad80e12e27ee12e69ac156a0203c6e210343d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/5100f6c6932c8db31e20f5196ae8b9ed12ff87
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6
/usr/lib/.build-id/d6/1dba55e4f44a016fb3cfdfe84904f9f95964b1
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/d9/5cd5d5b947f0134a0c72bb02b79d6b7ff6a1ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc
/usr/lib/.build-id/dc/79185d512c919f18ba355677e2f33e11a2d6f5
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2
/usr/lib/.build-id/f2/fe44f693b7191fc8dd7cb0efc9b70bd0af228c
/usr/lib/cups/backend/beh
/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-brf
/usr/lib/cups/backend/driverless
/usr/lib/cups/backend/implicitclass
/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
/usr/lib/cups/backend/serial
/usr/lib/cups/driver/driverless
/usr/lib/cups/filter/bannertopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/brftoembosser
/usr/lib/cups/filter/brftopagedbrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/cgmtopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/cmxtopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtoescpx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtopclx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/emftopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip
/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstopxl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstoraster
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetobrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetoraster
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetoubrl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imageubrltoindexv3
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imageubrltoindexv4
/usr/lib/cups/filter/musicxmltobrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftoraster
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoescpx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopclm
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopclx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/svgtopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/sys5ippprinter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/textbrftoindexv3
/usr/lib/cups/filter/textbrftoindexv4
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttobrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttotext
/usr/lib/cups/filter/vectortobrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/vectortopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/vectortoubrl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/wmftopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/xfigtopdf
/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/form
/usr/share/cups/banners/secret
/usr/share/cups/banners/standard
/usr/share/cups/banners/topsecret
/usr/share/cups/banners/unclassified
/usr/share/cups/braille
/usr/share/cups/braille/cups-braille.sh
/usr/share/cups/braille/index.sh
/usr/share/cups/braille/indexv3.sh
/usr/share/cups/braille/indexv4.sh
/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/classified.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/confidential.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/default-testpage.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/default.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/form_english.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/form_english_in.odt
/usr/share/cups/data/form_russian.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/form_russian_in.odt
/usr/share/cups/data/secret.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/standard.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/testprint
/usr/share/cups/data/topsecret.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/unclassified.pdf
/usr/share/cups/drv/cupsfilters.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/generic-brf.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/generic-ubrl.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/indexv3.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/indexv4.drv
/usr/share/cups/mime/braille.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/braille.types
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters-ghostscript.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters-poppler.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.types
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/braille.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/fr-braille.po
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/imagemagick.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/index.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis1.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis2.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis3.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis4.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/media-braille.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/pcl.h
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/README
/usr/share/man/man1/driverless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.gz
/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/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_CM305_df-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/Generic-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/HP-Color_LaserJet_CM3530_MFP-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/Ricoh-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/pxlcolor.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/pxlmono.ppd

References

cups-filters website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.