How To Install sane-backends-devel on CentOS 7

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-devel on CentOS 7.

What is sane-backends-devel

This package contains libraries and header files for writing Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) modules. This package contains libraries and header files for writing Scanner Access Now Easy (SANE) modules.

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

Install sane-backends-devel on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install sane-backends-devel using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install sane-backends-devel

Install sane-backends-devel 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 sane-backends-devel using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sane-backends-devel

How To Uninstall sane-backends-devel on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the sane-backends-devel package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove sane-backends-devel

References

• sane-backends-devel website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-devel on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.