How To Install paper on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install paper in Fedora 36. paper is Query paper size database and retrieve the preferred size

Introduction

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

What is `paper`

This package enables users to indicate their preferred paper size, provides the paper(1) utility to find the user’s preferred default paper size and give information about known sizes, and specifies system-wide and per-user paper size catalogs, which can be can also be used directly (see paperspecs(5)).

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

Install paper 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 paper using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install paper

Install paper 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 paper using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install paper

How To Uninstall paper on Fedora 36

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

sudo dnf remove paper

paper Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/paperspecs
/usr/bin/paper
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b
/usr/lib/.build-id/1b/81e0d4c64bfd86301c36be78d010ddb23a35ab
/usr/libexec/localepaper
/usr/share/doc/paper
/usr/share/doc/paper/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/paper/README
/usr/share/licenses/paper
/usr/share/licenses/paper/COPYING
/usr/share/man/man1/paper.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/paperspecs.5.gz

References

paper website

Summary

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