How To Install hplip-libs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install hplip-libs on Rocky Linux 8. hplip-libs is HPLIP libraries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hplip-libs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `hplip-libs`

Libraries needed by HPLIP.

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

Install hplip-libs 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 hplip-libs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install hplip-libs

Install hplip-libs 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 hplip-libs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install hplip-libs

How To Uninstall hplip-libs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the hplip-libs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove hplip-libs

hplip-libs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/13
/usr/lib/.build-id/13/ef85c488a03b1d38299e9169afc4664fa3b0ce
/usr/lib/.build-id/16
/usr/lib/.build-id/16/3551461713f5b97914386399af7668c141c4bd
/usr/lib/.build-id/18
/usr/lib/.build-id/18/d5e0179e92d5353dc20a006de33b7b688b3945
/usr/lib/.build-id/28
/usr/lib/.build-id/28/91c5e848a2f64c37b441fd8646aecab6b52672
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f
/usr/lib/.build-id/4f/996294e56802bcfedccb30fcebfa5f4c59a0fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/75/f41b869d7662ff28a9882ef9b678a9bb6e9f06
/usr/lib/.build-id/80
/usr/lib/.build-id/80/0f1d7f3b01a54ef724f58be674d7aa82c3e6fe
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb
/usr/lib/.build-id/fb/50bb100121fc5cd8406d2f02f1d8de7ae1a1b3
/usr/lib64/libhpdiscovery.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhpdiscovery.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib64/libhpip.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhpip.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib64/libhpipp.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhpipp.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib64/libhpmud.so
/usr/lib64/libhpmud.so.0
/usr/lib64/libhpmud.so.0.0.6
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/cupsext.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/hpmudext.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pcardext.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/scanext.so
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/50
/usr/lib/.build-id/50/a9ad41622d43fe3766ed8772ab63aee1b4ab95
/usr/lib/.build-id/81
/usr/lib/.build-id/81/34afdfd410167914f9b08db38eeb32db01cd17
/usr/lib/.build-id/83
/usr/lib/.build-id/83/ea6cdb2d8706588eb4529afde4ead986cbc939
/usr/lib/.build-id/87
/usr/lib/.build-id/87/b7969d15c51cc2d38227a2c2f043388b7000b8
/usr/lib/.build-id/89
/usr/lib/.build-id/89/3f1e1120004d3d1bf6fba48c23280e2043d694
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4
/usr/lib/.build-id/a4/9011e7c20fc9383120624b3f33d8ba1b3705e6
/usr/lib/.build-id/be
/usr/lib/.build-id/be/076c5c055be578b1dce196b84761923d25fe72
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4
/usr/lib/.build-id/c4/9ef52267d0f40d2fdae97c7f989aec5d2f0a8c
/usr/lib/libhpdiscovery.so.0
/usr/lib/libhpdiscovery.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib/libhpip.so.0
/usr/lib/libhpip.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib/libhpipp.so.0
/usr/lib/libhpipp.so.0.0.1
/usr/lib/libhpmud.so
/usr/lib/libhpmud.so.0
/usr/lib/libhpmud.so.0.0.6
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/cupsext.so
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/hpmudext.so
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/pcardext.so
/usr/lib/python3.6/site-packages/scanext.so

References

hplip-libs website

Summary

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