How To Install libijs on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libijs on Rocky Linux 8. libijs is IJS Raster Image Transport Protocol Library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libijs on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libijs

The IJS (InkJet Server) Raster Image Transport Protocol is a library, which is no longer actively developed, and often other alternatives are used instead. This library, however, still seem to be useful for Ghostscript application to be able to connect to the HP IJS server to print on an HP printer.

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

Install libijs 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 libijs using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libijs

Install libijs 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 libijs using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libijs

How To Uninstall libijs on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libijs package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libijs

libijs Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/62
/usr/lib/.build-id/62/7b3ebafe0906a71436a345f289f41b6dd6288d
/usr/lib64/libijs-0.35.so
/usr/share/licenses/libijs
/usr/share/licenses/libijs/COPYING
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0
/usr/lib/.build-id/a0/7c16e9fb798c1d4008c84a2c048e2839b6f466
/usr/lib/libijs-0.35.so
/usr/share/licenses/libijs
/usr/share/licenses/libijs/COPYING

References

Summary

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