How To Install pnm2ppa on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa in Fedora 36. pnm2ppa is Drivers for printing to HP PPA printers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa on Fedora 36.

What is pnm2ppa

Pnm2ppa is a color driver for HP PPA host-based printers such as the HP710C, 712C, 720C, 722C, 820Cse, 820Cxi, 1000Cse, and 1000Cxi. Pnm2ppa accepts Ghostscript output in PPM format and sends it to the printer in PPA format. Install pnm2ppa if you need to print to a PPA printer.

We can use yum or dnf to install pnm2ppa on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install pnm2ppa.

Install pnm2ppa 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 pnm2ppa using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install pnm2ppa

Install pnm2ppa 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 pnm2ppa using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install pnm2ppa

How To Uninstall pnm2ppa on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the pnm2ppa package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove pnm2ppa

pnm2ppa Package Contents on Fedora 36

/etc/pbm2ppa.conf
/etc/pnm2ppa.conf
/usr/bin/calibrate_ppa
/usr/bin/detect_ppa
/usr/bin/pbm2ppa
/usr/bin/pbmtpg
/usr/bin/pnm2ppa
/usr/bin/test_ppa
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/6b3389a393ad058fd4dd9aa92f6848b5b645cb
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d
/usr/lib/.build-id/9d/9f8defdcc3fc0f916f67ea0dc5ab85825eb2ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae
/usr/lib/.build-id/ae/8ac435cbd34ba377fa086e8cb4bfb3fd0dda84
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/fc37a163dba101d0d12735144fdfc6af1d5d7f
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CALIBRATION.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CALIBRATION.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/COLOR.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/COLOR.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL.REDHAT.html
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/INSTALL.REDHAT.txt
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/README
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/RELEASE-NOTES
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/TODO
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/CALIBRATION
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/CREDITS
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/INSTALL
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/INSTALL-MORE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/LICENSE
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/pbm2ppa/README
/usr/share/doc/pnm2ppa/test.ps
/usr/share/licenses/pnm2ppa
/usr/share/licenses/pnm2ppa/LICENSE
/usr/share/man/man1/pbm2ppa.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/pnm2ppa.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pnm2ppa on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).