How To Install sane-backends-libs on CentOS 8

sane-backends-libs is SANE libraries SANE libraries

Introduction

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

What is sane-backends-libs

This package contains the SANE libraries which are needed by applications that want to access scanners. sane-backends-libs 1.0.27 22.el8 x86_64 109 k sane-backends-1.0.27-22.el8.src.rpm appstream SANE libraries http GPLv2+ and GPLv2+ with exceptions and Public Domain and IJG and LGPLv2+ and MIT This package contains the SANE libraries which are needed by applications that want to access scanners.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install sane-backends-libs

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

sudo yum -y install sane-backends-libs

How To Uninstall sane-backends-libs on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove sane-backends-libs

sane-backends-libs Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/2869201c646cc520c7a75e24c04b142563c0af
/usr/lib64/libsane.so.1
/usr/lib64/libsane.so.1.0.27
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/34
/usr/lib/.build-id/34/5ae663aac9c0da7b4c133a4a840bc7d219f7e3
/usr/lib/libsane.so.1
/usr/lib/libsane.so.1.0.27

References

Summary

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