How To Install python3-cups on CentOS 8

python3-cups is Python3 bindings for CUPS API, known as pycups.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cups on CentOS 8.

What is python3-cups

This package provides Python 3 bindings for CUPS API, known as pycups. It was written for use with system-config-printer, but can be put to other uses as well.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-cups on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-cups.

Install python3-cups 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 python3-cups using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-cups

Install python3-cups 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 python3-cups using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-cups

How To Uninstall python3-cups on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the python3-cups package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-cups

python3-cups Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/bd/d857f7a1ff0134313ede67df5a26924b0d73d7
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/psdriver.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/postscriptdriver.prov
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/cups.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pycups-1.9.72-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/README
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cups
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cups/COPYING

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cups on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.