How To Install foo2slx on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2slx in Fedora 36. foo2slx is Linux printer driver for SLX protocol (Lexmark C500n etc.)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2slx on Fedora 36.

What is foo2slx

foo2slx is an open source printer driver for printers that use the Software Imaging K.K. SLX wire protocol for their print data, such as the Lexmark C500n. 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, SLX printers are raster printers which happen to use a very efficient wire protocol which was developed by Zenographics and cloned by Software Imaging K.K. and licensed by most major printer manufacturers for at least some of their product lines. SLX 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 foo2slx on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install foo2slx.

Install foo2slx 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 foo2slx using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install foo2slx

Install foo2slx 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 foo2slx using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install foo2slx

How To Uninstall foo2slx on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the foo2slx package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove foo2slx

foo2slx Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/bin/foo2slx
/usr/bin/foo2slx-wrapper
/usr/bin/gipddecode
/usr/bin/slxdecode
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/872052fdbf83c1eac4db819940df887d25bcfb
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d
/usr/lib/.build-id/3d/ffabdcdf0bca6be0b96fee840d73a5780ee82d
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6
/usr/lib/.build-id/f6/67618fd26617c287914cb3712d5da67d9b6b03
/usr/share/cups/model/Lexmark-C500.ppd.gz
/usr/share/doc/foo2slx
/usr/share/doc/foo2slx/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/foo2slx/README
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/driver/foo2slx.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2slx-ColorMode.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2slx-ICM.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2slx-InputSlot.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2slx-MediaType.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2slx-PageSize.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/opt/foo2slx-Resolution.xml
/usr/share/foomatic/db/source/printer/Lexmark-C500.xml
/usr/share/licenses/foo2slx
/usr/share/licenses/foo2slx/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2slx-wrapper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foo2slx.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/gipddecode.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/slxdecode.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install foo2slx on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).