How To Install xsane-gimp on Fedora 36

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsane-gimp in Fedora 36. xsane-gimp is GIMP plug-in providing the SANE scanner interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsane-gimp on Fedora 36.

What is `xsane-gimp`

This package provides the regular XSane frontend for the SANE scanner interface, but it works as a GIMP plug-in. You must have GIMP installed to use this package.

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

Install xsane-gimp 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 xsane-gimp using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xsane-gimp

Install xsane-gimp 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 xsane-gimp using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xsane-gimp

How To Uninstall xsane-gimp on Fedora 36

To uninstall only the xsane-gimp package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xsane-gimp

xsane-gimp Package Contents on Fedora 36

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/068bd1fa075ed4ae9bc5f30c24d8acb5b4a1ab
/usr/lib64/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/xsane

References

xsane-gimp website

Summary

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