How To Install python3-cups on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cups in Fedora 36. python3-cups is Python3 bindings for CUPS API, known as pycups.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cups on Fedora 36.

What is `python3-cups`

This package provides Python 3 bindings for CUPS API, known as pycups. It was written for use with system-config-printer, but can be put to other uses as well.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-cups on Fedora 36. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-cups.

Install python3-cups 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 python3-cups using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-cups

Install python3-cups 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 python3-cups using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-cups

How To Uninstall python3-cups on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the python3-cups package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-cups

python3-cups Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/33bb93cf929a0317dc5782c0d58094f926ee74
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/psdriver.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/postscriptdriver.prov
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/cups.cpython-310-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.10/site-packages/pycups-2.0.1-py3.10.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/README
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cups
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cups/COPYING

References

python3-cups website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cups on Fedora 36 using yum and [dnf]((/fedora/36/dnf/).