How To Install cups-filesystem on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filesystem on CentOS 7. cups-filesystem is CUPS printing system - directory layout

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filesystem on CentOS 7.

What is cups-filesystem

CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX® operating systems. This package provides some directories which are required by other packages that add CUPS drivers (i.e. filters, backends etc.).

We can use yum or dnf to install cups-filesystem on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-filesystem.

Install cups-filesystem on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install cups-filesystem

Install cups-filesystem on CentOS 7 Using dnf

If you don’t have dnf installed you can install DNF on CentOS 7 first. Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache

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

sudo dnf -y install cups-filesystem

How To Uninstall cups-filesystem on CentOS 7

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

sudo dnf remove cups-filesystem

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filesystem on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.