How To Install pnm2ppa on CentOS 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa on CentOS 8.
What is pnm2ppa
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 or dnf to install pnm2ppa on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pnm2ppa.
Install pnm2ppa 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 pnm2ppa using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install pnm2ppa
Install pnm2ppa 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 pnm2ppa using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install pnm2ppa
How To Uninstall pnm2ppa on CentOS 8
To uninstall only the pnm2ppa package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove pnm2ppa
pnm2ppa Package Contents on CentOS 8
/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/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/10
/usr/lib/.build-id/10/399cec83f73d4652c53d62bcd3bc347de3454c
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e
/usr/lib/.build-id/1e/ad6ec084f37458ccecd7d15841c523aa0221fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/21
/usr/lib/.build-id/21/907497513f010e0f90c67ed3b5fc00316bb5ca
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/e6/31a3e9e5b561dc17690717c711b86bbf8bdc09
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CALIBRATION.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CALIBRATION.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/COLOR.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/COLOR.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL.REDHAT.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL.REDHAT.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/README
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/CALIBRATION
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/INSTALL-MORE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/README
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/test.ps
/usr/share/licenses/pnm2ppa
/usr/share/licenses/pnm2ppa/LICENSE
/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 on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.