How To Install sane-backends-devel on CentOS 8

sane-backends-devel is SANE development toolkit SANE development toolkit

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-devel on CentOS 8.

What is sane-backends-devel

This package contains libraries and header files for writing Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) modules. sane-backends-devel 1.0.27 22.el8 x86_64 47 k sane-backends-1.0.27-22.el8.src.rpm appstream SANE development toolkit http GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and Public Domain and IJG and LGPLv2+ and MIT This package contains libraries and header files for writing Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) modules.

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

Install sane-backends-devel 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 sane-backends-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sane-backends-devel

Install sane-backends-devel 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 sane-backends-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sane-backends-devel

How To Uninstall sane-backends-devel on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the sane-backends-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sane-backends-devel

sane-backends-devel Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/sane-config
/usr/include/sane
/usr/include/sane/sane.h
/usr/include/sane/saneopts.h
/usr/lib/libsane.so
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/sane-backends.pc
/usr/share/man/man1/sane-config.1.gz
/usr/bin/sane-config
/usr/include/sane
/usr/include/sane/sane.h
/usr/include/sane/saneopts.h
/usr/lib64/libsane.so
/usr/lib64/pkgconfig/sane-backends.pc
/usr/share/man/man1/sane-config.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-devel on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.