How To Install foo2ddst on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2ddst in Fedora 36. foo2ddst is Linux printer driver for DDST protocol

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2ddst on Fedora 36.

What is foo2ddst

foo2ddst is an open source printer driver for printers that use the DDST wire protocol for their print data, such as the Ricoh SP 112, or the Ricoh SP 201Nw. These printers are often erroneously referred to as winprinters or GDI printers. However, Microsoft GDI only mandates the API between an application and the printer driver, not the protocol on the wire between the printer driver and the printer. In fact, DDST printers are raster printers which happen to use a very efficient wire protocol. DDST is just one of many wire protocols that are in use today, such as Postscript, PCL, Epson, ZjStream, etc.

We can use yum or dnf to install foo2ddst on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install foo2ddst.

Install foo2ddst on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install foo2ddst using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install foo2ddst

Install foo2ddst on Fedora 36 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install foo2ddst using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install foo2ddst

How To Uninstall foo2ddst on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the foo2ddst package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove foo2ddst

foo2ddst Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/ddstdecode
/usr/bin/foo2ddst
/usr/bin/foo2ddst-wrapper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/de6a6584ec1d369f11ba272a0820e61370835b
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3
/usr/lib/.build-id/e3/35093e108e0128e3452c5f790723bf9b683edd
/usr/share/cups/model/Ricoh-SP_112.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Ricoh-SP_201Nw.ppd.gz
/usr/share/doc/foo2ddst
/usr/share/doc/foo2ddst/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/foo2ddst/README
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/foo2ddst.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2ddst-InputSlot.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2ddst-MediaType.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2ddst-PageSize.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2ddst-Resolution.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Ricoh-SP_112.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Ricoh-SP_201Nw.xml
/usr/share/licenses/foo2ddst
/usr/share/licenses/foo2ddst/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/ddstdecode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2ddst-wrapper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2ddst.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2ddst on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).