How To Install foo2hbpl on Fedora 36
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2hbpl on Fedora 36.
What is foo2hbpl
foo2hbpl is an open source printer driver for printers that use the HBPL version 2 wire protocol for their print data, such as the Dell 1355, Fuji Xerox DocuPrint CM205 or the Xerox WorkCentre 6015. 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, HBPL printers are raster printers which happen to use a very efficient wire protocol. HBPL 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 foo2hbpl on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install foo2hbpl.
Install foo2hbpl 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 foo2hbpl using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install foo2hbpl
Install foo2hbpl 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 foo2hbpl using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install foo2hbpl
How To Uninstall foo2hbpl on Fedora 36
To uninstall only the foo2hbpl package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove foo2hbpl
foo2hbpl Package Contents on Fedora 36
/usr/bin/foo2hbpl2
/usr/bin/foo2hbpl2-wrapper
/usr/bin/hbpldecode
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf
/usr/lib/.build-id/bf/d5d3244762f15e8014b3b8f6427d25f24f582c
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd
/usr/lib/.build-id/fd/efa2bf53abdfefc91f930f2a9ebc45e210b2cf
/usr/share/cups/model/Dell-1355.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Dell-C1765.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Epson-AcuLaser_CX17NF.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Epson-AcuLaser_M1400.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_CM205.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_CM215.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_M215.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_P205.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Xerox-Phaser_3010.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Xerox-Phaser_3040.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Xerox-WorkCentre_3045.ppd.gz
/usr/share/cups/model/Xerox-WorkCentre_6015.ppd.gz
/usr/share/doc/foo2hbpl
/usr/share/doc/foo2hbpl/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/foo2hbpl/README
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/foo2hbpl2.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2hbpl2-ColorMode.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2hbpl2-ICM.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2hbpl2-MediaType.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2hbpl2-PageSize.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2hbpl2-Resolution.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Dell-1355.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Dell-C1765.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Epson-AcuLaser_CX17NF.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Epson-AcuLaser_M1400.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_CM205.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_CM215.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_M215.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_P205.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Xerox-Phaser_3010.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Xerox-Phaser_3040.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Xerox-WorkCentre_3045.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Xerox-WorkCentre_6015.xml
/usr/share/licenses/foo2hbpl
/usr/share/licenses/foo2hbpl/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2hbpl2-wrapper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2hbpl2.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/hbpldecode.1.gz
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2hbpl on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).