How To Install enscript on Fedora 34

enscript is A plain ASCII to PostScript converter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install enscript on Fedora 34.

What is enscript

GNU enscript is a free replacement for Adobe’s Enscript program. Enscript converts ASCII files to PostScript(TM) and spools generated PostScript output to the specified printer or saves it to a file. Enscript can be extended to handle different output media and includes many options for customizing printouts

We can use yum or dnf to install enscript on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install enscript.

Install enscript on Fedora 34 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install enscript using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install enscript

Install enscript on Fedora 34 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

Fedora 34 - x86_64                               20 kB/s | 6.6 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64        1.4 kB/s | 989  B     00:00
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64                       68 kB/s | 6.5 kB     00:00
Fedora 34 - x86_64 - Updates                    3.5 kB/s | 6.2 kB     00:01
Fedora Modular 34 - x86_64 - Updates             17 kB/s | 5.9 kB     00:00
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install enscript using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install enscript

How To Uninstall enscript on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the enscript package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove enscript

enscript Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/enscript.cfg
/usr/bin/diffpp
/usr/bin/enscript
/usr/bin/mkafmmap
/usr/bin/nenscript
/usr/bin/over
/usr/bin/sliceprint
/usr/bin/states
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/1c09186d5dfa020a56a122516f51e02b4c922e
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac
/usr/lib/.build-id/ac/7a01989152f14e03fb9af5e1d841fabde099e0
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/0fdc74f2576a82fd3bf9e06a3a916dbe023832
/usr/lib/.build-id/c9/0fdc74f2576a82fd3bf9e06a3a916dbe023832.1
/usr/share/doc/enscript
/usr/share/doc/enscript/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/enscript/COPYING
/usr/share/doc/enscript/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/enscript/FAQ.html
/usr/share/doc/enscript/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/enscript/README
/usr/share/doc/enscript/README.ESCAPES
/usr/share/doc/enscript/THANKS
/usr/share/doc/enscript/TODO
/usr/share/enscript
/usr/share/enscript/88591.enc
/usr/share/enscript/885910.enc
/usr/share/enscript/885913.enc
/usr/share/enscript/885915.enc
/usr/share/enscript/88592.enc
/usr/share/enscript/88593.enc
/usr/share/enscript/88594.enc
/usr/share/enscript/88595.enc
/usr/share/enscript/88597.enc
/usr/share/enscript/88599.enc
/usr/share/enscript/a2ps.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/MustRead.html
/usr/share/enscript/afm/agd.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/agdo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/agw.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/agwo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/bkd.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/bkdi.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/bkl.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/bkli.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/cob.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/cobo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/com.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/coo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/font.map
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hv.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvb.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvbo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvc.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvcb.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvcbo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvcdo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvn.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvnb.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvnbo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvno.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/hvo.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/matrix.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/matrix.eps
/usr/share/enscript/afm/ncb.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/ncbi.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/nci.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/ncr.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/pob.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/pobi.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/poi.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/por.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/sy.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/tib.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/tibi.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/tii.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/tir.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/zcmi.afm
/usr/share/enscript/afm/zd.afm
/usr/share/enscript/ascii.enc
/usr/share/enscript/asciidkno.enc
/usr/share/enscript/asciifise.enc
/usr/share/enscript/edd.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/emacs.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/enscript-color.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/enscript.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/enscript.pro
/usr/share/enscript/frame.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/hl
/usr/share/enscript/hl/ada.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/asm.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/awk.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/bash.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/c.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/c_comment.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/c_ppline.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/c_string.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/changelog.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/cpp.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/csh.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/default_faces.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/delphi.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/describe_languages.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/diff.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/diffs.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/diffu.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/elisp.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/enscript.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/f90.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/fortran.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/fortran_pp.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/haskell.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/html.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/idl.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/inf.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/java.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/javascript.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/ksh.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/lang_ansi.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/lang_enscript.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/lang_html.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/lang_overstrike.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/lang_rtf.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/lang_texinfo.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/m4.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/mail.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/makefile.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/matlab.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/nroff.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/objc.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/outline.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/pascal.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/passthrough.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/perl.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/postscript.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/pyrex.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/python.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/rfc.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/scheme.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/sh.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/skill.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/sql.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/states.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/style_a2ps.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/style_emacs.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/style_emacs_verbose.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/style_ifh.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/style_msvc.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/synopsys.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/tcl.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/tcsh.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/tex.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/vba.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/verilog.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/vhdl.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/vrml.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/wmlscript.st
/usr/share/enscript/hl/zsh.st
/usr/share/enscript/hp8.enc
/usr/share/enscript/ibmpc.enc
/usr/share/enscript/koi8.enc
/usr/share/enscript/mac.enc
/usr/share/enscript/mp.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/ps.enc
/usr/share/enscript/pslatin1.enc
/usr/share/enscript/simple.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/squeeze.hdr
/usr/share/enscript/vms.enc
/usr/share/info/enscript.info.gz
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/hr/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/enscript.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/diffpp.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/enscript.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/sliceprint.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/states.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install enscript on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.