How To Install cups-filters on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters on Rocky Linux 8. cups-filters is OpenPrinting CUPS filters and backends

Introduction

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

What is `cups-filters`

Contains backends, filters, and other software that was once part of the core CUPS distribution but is no longer maintained by Apple Inc. In addition it contains additional filters developed independently of Apple, especially filters for the PDF-centric printing workflow introduced by OpenPrinting.

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

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

sudo dnf -y install cups-filters

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

sudo yum -y install cups-filters

How To Uninstall cups-filters on Rocky Linux 8

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

sudo dnf remove cups-filters

cups-filters Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
/usr/bin/driverless
/usr/bin/foomatic-rip
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/03
/usr/lib/.build-id/03/b993f5253e6166b534ccdf770e9f3239d6805b
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c
/usr/lib/.build-id/0c/455ccbb65186eedc878dd27386aae8fbf76140
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e
/usr/lib/.build-id/0e/ab9913c02d2d4dcc5a59db4ae9f903ea14d61d
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/223505ea06c67f178964dcd3b1a1a71153ce77
/usr/lib/.build-id/35
/usr/lib/.build-id/35/71a694c711713bd91d903f135ec6935dc4d93d
/usr/lib/.build-id/49
/usr/lib/.build-id/49/0bce6ef32e5b84dad49ba89a27df77cee6d296
/usr/lib/.build-id/58
/usr/lib/.build-id/58/d4c6cd79a9ea2992a02833a9d88047da931f8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/64
/usr/lib/.build-id/64/555008127ef4fe4d8e40f075e140831b3a0eb8
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c
/usr/lib/.build-id/6c/c1cb3a3454dc4c079f46b91947365b78bb9e55
/usr/lib/.build-id/77
/usr/lib/.build-id/77/516715fc8c947996615ac22b95a2a5a9a7d23b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b
/usr/lib/.build-id/7b/cb88f6952177644264e58bef92b3f0896e1daf
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d
/usr/lib/.build-id/7d/3bb3e6e607479b8ab28b39aae35a6128c75b78
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b
/usr/lib/.build-id/8b/6c960e5dcc8b1f3b34c91e6d651cc0b6f6666c
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5
/usr/lib/.build-id/a5/059c7d90463d36740fad4b6aad4d24090ff220
/usr/lib/.build-id/af
/usr/lib/.build-id/af/aeeb08c731b5ec8ab1d326b1736535f339fec3
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb
/usr/lib/.build-id/bb/d8949e40344f792ae38233791cb5517d9b5082
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1
/usr/lib/.build-id/c1/cafd4ee7051d2ea76ede2cc131fa4916a8d7d9
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/3a08147afc6ab83199dca45a3f85489d572aa2
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd
/usr/lib/.build-id/cd/2f6d42ba1ea51b942e1fbcbdc98df8e979b687
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/ce/7e23579d168fa316a2810907d5fcad36bca940
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7
/usr/lib/.build-id/d7/3082340d1162b68fc02a2e5f29bcbbbc05cb51
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8
/usr/lib/.build-id/e8/7ce5ed154043114ec5fb17af8486314b8e2b2f
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb
/usr/lib/.build-id/eb/cf2d44a5197e5a76a4e334fb55950e4ff6b1c9
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed
/usr/lib/.build-id/ed/75493aaa193396c7201d4b71147aff3e3ec2fb
/usr/lib/cups/backend/beh
/usr/lib/cups/backend/cups-brf
/usr/lib/cups/backend/driverless
/usr/lib/cups/backend/implicitclass
/usr/lib/cups/backend/parallel
/usr/lib/cups/backend/serial
/usr/lib/cups/driver/driverless
/usr/lib/cups/filter/bannertopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/brftoembosser
/usr/lib/cups/filter/brftopagedbrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/cgmtopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/cmxtopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtoescpx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/commandtopclx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/emftopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/foomatic-rip
/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstopxl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/gstoraster
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetobrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetoraster
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imagetoubrl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imageubrltoindexv3
/usr/lib/cups/filter/imageubrltoindexv4
/usr/lib/cups/filter/musicxmltobrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pdftoraster
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoescpx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopclm
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopclx
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/svgtopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/sys5ippprinter
/usr/lib/cups/filter/textbrftoindexv3
/usr/lib/cups/filter/textbrftoindexv4
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttobrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttops
/usr/lib/cups/filter/texttotext
/usr/lib/cups/filter/vectortobrf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/vectortopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/vectortoubrl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/wmftopdf
/usr/lib/cups/filter/xfigtopdf
/usr/lib/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service
/usr/sbin/cups-browsed
/usr/share/cups/banners
/usr/share/cups/banners/classified
/usr/share/cups/banners/confidential
/usr/share/cups/banners/form
/usr/share/cups/banners/secret
/usr/share/cups/banners/standard
/usr/share/cups/banners/topsecret
/usr/share/cups/banners/unclassified
/usr/share/cups/braille
/usr/share/cups/braille/cups-braille.sh
/usr/share/cups/braille/index.sh
/usr/share/cups/braille/indexv3.sh
/usr/share/cups/braille/indexv4.sh
/usr/share/cups/charsets
/usr/share/cups/charsets/pdf.utf-8
/usr/share/cups/charsets/pdf.utf-8.heavy
/usr/share/cups/charsets/pdf.utf-8.simple
/usr/share/cups/data/classified.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/confidential.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/default-testpage.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/default.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/form_english.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/form_english_in.odt
/usr/share/cups/data/form_russian.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/form_russian_in.odt
/usr/share/cups/data/secret.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/standard.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/testprint
/usr/share/cups/data/topsecret.pdf
/usr/share/cups/data/unclassified.pdf
/usr/share/cups/drv/cupsfilters.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/generic-brf.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/generic-ubrl.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/indexv3.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/indexv4.drv
/usr/share/cups/mime/braille.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/braille.types
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters-ghostscript.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters-poppler.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.convs
/usr/share/cups/mime/cupsfilters.types
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/braille.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/fr-braille.po
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/imagemagick.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/index.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis1.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis2.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis3.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/liblouis4.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/media-braille.defs
/usr/share/cups/ppdc/pcl.h
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/cups-filters/README
/usr/share/man/man1/driverless.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.gz
/usr/share/man/man5/cups-browsed.conf.5.gz
/usr/share/man/man8/cups-browsed.8.gz
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/Fuji_Xerox-DocuPrint_CM305_df-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/Generic-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/HP-Color_LaserJet_CM3530_MFP-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/Ricoh-PDF_Printer-PDF.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/pxlcolor.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters/pxlmono.ppd

References

cups-filters website

Summary

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