How To Install bluez-cups on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-cups on Rocky Linux 8. bluez-cups is CUPS printer backend for Bluetooth printers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-cups on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `bluez-cups`

This package contains the CUPS backend

We can use yum or dnf to install bluez-cups on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install bluez-cups.

Install bluez-cups on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

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

sudo dnf -y install bluez-cups

Install bluez-cups on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install bluez-cups using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install bluez-cups

How To Uninstall bluez-cups on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove bluez-cups

bluez-cups Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9
/usr/lib/.build-id/a9/26a031d0aa7cfe01fb9b244fbd741e47abd044
/usr/lib/cups/backend/bluetooth

References

bluez-cups website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-cups on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.