How To Install libijs on Fedora 34

libijs is IJS Raster Image Transport Protocol Library IJS Raster Image Transport Protocol Library

Introduction

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

What is `libijs`

The IJS (InkJet Server) Raster Image Transport Protocol is a library, which is no longer actively developed, and often other alternatives are used instead. This library, however, still seem to be useful for Ghostscript application to be able to connect to the HP IJS server to print on an HP printer. libijs 0.35 13.fc34 x86_64 30 k libijs-0.35-13.fc34.src.rpm fedora IJS Raster Image Transport Protocol Library https AGPLv3+ The IJS (InkJet Server) Raster Image Transport Protocol is a library, which is no longer actively developed, and often other alternatives are used instead. This library, however, still seem to be useful for Ghostscript application to be able to connect to the HP IJS server to print on an HP printer.

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

Install libijs 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 libijs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libijs

Install libijs 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 libijs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libijs

How To Uninstall libijs on Fedora 34

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

sudo dnf remove libijs

libijs Package Contents on Fedora 34

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/09
/usr/lib/.build-id/09/d4316a9dbdc7098fd612979d727027b39f16db
/usr/lib64/libijs-0.35.so
/usr/share/licenses/libijs
/usr/share/licenses/libijs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/77151312f889146dcdfc4d02f4d3f1f8cc6431
/usr/lib/libijs-0.35.so
/usr/share/licenses/libijs
/usr/share/licenses/libijs/COPYING

References

[libijs website](https://ghostscript.com/ https://ghostscript.com/)

Summary

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