How To Install cups-lpd on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-lpd on CentOS 7.
What is cups-lpd
CUPS printing system provides a portable printing layer for UNIX® operating systems. This is the package that provides standard lpd emulation.
We can use yum or dnf to install cups-lpd on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install cups-lpd.
Install cups-lpd 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-lpd using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install cups-lpd
Install cups-lpd 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-lpd using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install cups-lpd
How To Uninstall cups-lpd on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the cups-lpd package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove cups-lpd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-lpd on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.
