How To Install cups-libs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-libs on CentOS 7.
What is cups-libs
CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX® operating systems. It has been developed by Apple Inc. to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces. The cups-libs package provides libraries used by applications to use CUPS natively, without needing the lp/lpr commands. CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX® operating systems. It has been developed by Apple Inc. to promote a standard printing solution for all UNIX vendors and users. CUPS provides the System V and Berkeley command-line interfaces. The cups-libs package provides libraries used by applications to use CUPS natively, without needing the lp/lpr commands.
We can use yum or dnf to install cups-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-libs.
Install cups-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cups-libs
Install cups-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cups-libs
How To Uninstall cups-libs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cups-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cups-libs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.