How To Install system-config-printer-udev on CentOS 8

system-config-printer-udev is Rules for udev for automatic configuration of USB printers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-udev on CentOS 8.

What is system-config-printer-udev

The udev rules and helper programs for automatically configuring USB printers.

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

Install system-config-printer-udev 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 system-config-printer-udev using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install system-config-printer-udev

Install system-config-printer-udev 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 system-config-printer-udev using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install system-config-printer-udev

How To Uninstall system-config-printer-udev on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the system-config-printer-udev package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove system-config-printer-udev

system-config-printer-udev Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a
/usr/lib/.build-id/4a/0ede0b5b4363285be2ccf5f36479c777ace67d
/usr/lib/systemd/system/[email protected]
/usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-printers.rules
/usr/lib/udev/udev-add-printer
/usr/lib/udev/udev-configure-printer
/var/run/udev-configure-printer
/var/run/udev-configure-printer/usb-uris

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-udev on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.