How To Install cups-filters-libs on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters-libs on CentOS 8.
What is cups-filters-libs
This package provides cupsfilters and fontembed libraries. cups-filters-libs 1.20.0 24.el8 x86_64 135 k cups-filters-1.20.0-24.el8.src.rpm appstream OpenPrinting CUPS filters and backends - cupsfilters and fontembed libraries http LGPLv2 and MIT This package provides cupsfilters and fontembed libraries.
We can use yum or dnf to install cups-filters-libs on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-filters-libs.
Install cups-filters-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cups-filters-libs
Install cups-filters-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cups-filters-libs
How To Uninstall cups-filters-libs on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the cups-filters-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cups-filters-libs
cups-filters-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/01
/usr/lib/.build-id/01/a87bb789636a9fe4073c577bcb5cce522069b6
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3
/usr/lib/.build-id/a3/3b9f5060f927381206f65aacfc901d9b3b83ee
/usr/lib/libcupsfilters.so.1
/usr/lib/libcupsfilters.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib/libfontembed.so.1
/usr/lib/libfontembed.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/fontembed/README
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a
/usr/lib/.build-id/0a/6f4077e7bd6a3b57cc8ec66f3cd86d2eb88547
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/1f5ff6bbe3ef47e6a704757fec2ec9a3735c89
/usr/lib64/libcupsfilters.so.1
/usr/lib64/libcupsfilters.so.1.0.0
/usr/lib64/libfontembed.so.1
/usr/lib64/libfontembed.so.1.0.0
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/fontembed/README
References
- [cups-filters-libs website](http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/cups-filters http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting/cups-filters)
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters-libs on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.
