How To Install python3-cups on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cups on Rocky Linux 8. python3-cups is Python3 bindings for CUPS API, known as pycups.

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cups on Rocky Linux 8.

What is `python3-cups`

This package provides Python 3 bindings for CUPS API, known as pycups. It was written for use with system-config-printer, but can be put to other uses as well.

We can use yum or dnf to install python3-cups on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install python3-cups.

Install python3-cups 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 python3-cups using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install python3-cups

Install python3-cups 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 python3-cups using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install python3-cups

How To Uninstall python3-cups on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the python3-cups package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove python3-cups

python3-cups Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/33
/usr/lib/.build-id/33/f48ffe01b2d794acfd131cf8f44333e67005c3
/usr/lib/rpm/fileattrs/psdriver.attr
/usr/lib/rpm/postscriptdriver.prov
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/cups.cpython-36m-x86_64-linux-gnu.so
/usr/lib64/python3.6/site-packages/pycups-1.9.72-py3.6.egg-info
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/NEWS
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/README
/usr/share/doc/python3-cups/TODO
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cups
/usr/share/licenses/python3-cups/COPYING

References

python3-cups website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-cups on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.