How To Install paper on CentOS 8

paper is Query paper size database and retrieve the preferred size

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install paper on CentOS 8.

What is `paper`

This package enables users to indicate their preferred paper size, provides the paper(1) utility to find the user’s preferred default paper size and give information about known sizes, and specifies system-wide and per-user paper size catalogs, which can be can also be used directly (see paperspecs(5)).

We can use yum or dnf to install paper on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install paper.

Install paper 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 paper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install paper

Install paper 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 paper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install paper

How To Uninstall paper on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the paper package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove paper

paper Package Contents on CentOS 8

/etc/paperspecs
/usr/bin/paper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7
/usr/lib/.build-id/a7/d8bbae6198807798c67a0841d6d228a6e7cb85
/usr/libexec/localepaper
/usr/share/doc/paper
/usr/share/doc/paper/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/paper/README
/usr/share/licenses/paper
/usr/share/licenses/paper/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/paper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/paperspecs.5.gz

References

paper website

Summary

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