How To Install gutenprint-foomatic on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install gutenprint-foomatic on CentOS 7. gutenprint-foomatic is Foomatic printer database information for gutenprint

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gutenprint-foomatic on CentOS 7.

What is gutenprint-foomatic

This package contains a database of printers,printer drivers, and driver descriptions.

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

Install gutenprint-foomatic on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install gutenprint-foomatic

Install gutenprint-foomatic 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 gutenprint-foomatic using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install gutenprint-foomatic

How To Uninstall gutenprint-foomatic on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the gutenprint-foomatic package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove gutenprint-foomatic

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Summary

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