How To Install pnm2ppa on Fedora 34

pnm2ppa is Drivers for printing to HP PPA printers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa on Fedora 34.

What is pnm2ppa

Pnm2ppa is a color driver for HP PPA host-based printers such as the HP710C, 712C, 720C, 722C, 820Cse, 820Cxi, 1000Cse, and 1000Cxi. Pnm2ppa accepts Ghostscript output in PPM format and sends it to the printer in PPA format. Install pnm2ppa if you need to print to a PPA printer.

We can use yum or dnf to install pnm2ppa on Fedora 34. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pnm2ppa.

Install pnm2ppa 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 pnm2ppa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pnm2ppa

Install pnm2ppa 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 pnm2ppa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pnm2ppa

How To Uninstall pnm2ppa on Fedora 34

To uninstall only the pnm2ppa package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pnm2ppa

pnm2ppa Package Contents on Fedora 34

/etc/pbm2ppa.conf
/etc/pnm2ppa.conf
/usr/bin/calibrate_ppa
/usr/bin/detect_ppa
/usr/bin/pbm2ppa
/usr/bin/pbmtpg
/usr/bin/pnm2ppa
/usr/bin/test_ppa
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/17
/usr/lib/.build-id/17/e5ac33d7291d669ac0e864559bdf42368bff56
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c
/usr/lib/.build-id/7c/8e2992fdfbba23a1cab92f7af59b2d8dd8c404
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f
/usr/lib/.build-id/7f/1f60da155e063867953cdff6f4f42aee37a2ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/93
/usr/lib/.build-id/93/83303fa6ec6141d1837387b49f829a42b11f6b
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CALIBRATION.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CALIBRATION.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/COLOR.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/COLOR.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL.REDHAT.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL.REDHAT.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/README
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/CALIBRATION
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/INSTALL-MORE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/README
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/test.ps
/usr/share/licenses/pnm2ppa
/usr/share/licenses/pnm2ppa/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pbm2ppa.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pnm2ppa.1.gz

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa on Fedora 34 using yum and dnf.