How To Install sane-backends-doc on CentOS 8

sane-backends-doc is SANE backends documentation

Introduction

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

What is `sane-backends-doc`

This package contains documentation for SANE backends.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install sane-backends-doc

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

sudo yum -y install sane-backends-doc

How To Uninstall sane-backends-doc on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove sane-backends-doc

sane-backends-doc Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/PROJECTS
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/backend-writing.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/canon
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/canon/canon.changes
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/canon/canon.install2700F.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/gt68xx
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/gt68xx/gt68xx.CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/gt68xx/gt68xx.TODO
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/leo
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/leo/leo.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/matsushita
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/matsushita/matsushita.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/mustek
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/mustek/mustek.CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/mustek_usb
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/mustek_usb/mustek_usb.CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/mustek_usb/mustek_usb.TODO
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/mustek_usb2
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/mustek_usb2/mustek_usb2.CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/mustek_usb2/mustek_usb2.TODO
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/niash
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/niash/niash.TODO
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/FAQ
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/MakeModule.sh
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/Makefile.kernel24
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/Makefile.kernel26
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT-TODO.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT.changes
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/Plustek-PARPORT.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/Plustek-USB-TODO.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/Plustek-USB.changes
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/plustek/Plustek-USB.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/sane-backends-external.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/sane-backends.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/sane-mfgs-external.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/sane-mfgs.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/sceptre
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/sceptre/s1200.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/teco
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/teco/teco1.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/teco/teco2.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/teco/teco3.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/u12
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/u12/U12.changes
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/u12/U12.todo
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/negative-types.txt
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-logo.jpg
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-advanced-options-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-advanced.jpg
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-astra-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-config-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-histogram.jpg
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-mirage-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-not-listed-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-others-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-parport-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-powerlook-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-scanner-clones-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-speed-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-standard-options-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-standard.jpg
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-text.jpg
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-text2.jpg
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-text4.jpg
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-uc-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax-vista-doc.html
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/sane-umax.jpg
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/umax.BUGS
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/umax.CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/umax.FAQ
/usr/share/doc/sane-backends-doc/umax/umax.TODO

References

sane-backends-doc website

Summary

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