How To Install libinsane on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install libinsane in Fedora 36. libinsane is Cross-platform access to image scanners

Introduction

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

What is libinsane

Libinsane is the library to access scanners on both Linux and Windows. It’s cross-platform, cross-programming languages, cross-scanners of all the quirks of all the platforms and scanners.

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

Install libinsane 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 libinsane using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libinsane

Install libinsane 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 libinsane using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libinsane

How To Uninstall libinsane on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libinsane

libinsane Package Contents on Fedora 36

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## Introduction

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

### What is `libinsane`

> Libinsane is the library to access scanners on both Linux and Windows. It's cross-platform, cross-programming languages, cross-scanners  of all the quirks of all the platforms and scanners.  

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

## Install libinsane on Fedora 36 Using dnf

Update yum database with `dnf` using the following command.

```bash
sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install libinsane

Install libinsane 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 libinsane using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libinsane

How To Uninstall libinsane on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove libinsane

libinsane Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d
/usr/lib/.build-id/5d/457fde1d791aab7ab5a7bcfb3516988ea917f8
/usr/lib/libinsane.so.1
/usr/lib/libinsane.so.1.0.9
/usr/share/doc/libinsane
/usr/share/doc/libinsane/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/libinsane/README.markdown
/usr/share/licenses/libinsane
/usr/share/licenses/libinsane/LICENSE

References

Summary

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

/usr/lib/.build-id /usr/lib/.build-id/ce /usr/lib/.build-id/ce/7262a1d3a3899c80688d3fbc19a0029e13ab87 /usr/lib64/libinsane.so.1 /usr/lib64/libinsane.so.1.0.9 /usr/share/doc/libinsane /usr/share/doc/libinsane/ChangeLog /usr/share/doc/libinsane/README.markdown /usr/share/licenses/libinsane /usr/share/licenses/libinsane/LICENSE


## References

* [libinsane website](https://doc.openpaper.work/libinsane/latest/)

## Summary

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