How To Install sane-backends-drivers-scanners on CentOS 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-drivers-scanners on CentOS 8. sane-backends-drivers-scanners is SANE backend drivers for scanners

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-drivers-scanners on CentOS 8.

What is sane-backends-drivers-scanners

This package contains backend drivers to access scanner hardware through SANE. This package contains backend drivers to access scanner hardware through SANE.

We can use yum or dnf to install sane-backends-drivers-scanners on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sane-backends-drivers-scanners.

Install sane-backends-drivers-scanners on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

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

sudo yum -y install sane-backends-drivers-scanners

Install sane-backends-drivers-scanners on CentOS 8 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-drivers-scanners using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install sane-backends-drivers-scanners

How To Uninstall sane-backends-drivers-scanners on CentOS 8

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

sudo dnf remove sane-backends-drivers-scanners

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-drivers-scanners on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.