How To Install sane-backends-libs on CentOS 7
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-libs on CentOS 7.
What is sane-backends-libs
This package contains the SANE libraries which are needed by applications that want to access scanners. This package contains the SANE libraries which are needed by applications that want to access scanners.
We can use yum or dnf to install sane-backends-libs on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install sane-backends-libs.
Install sane-backends-libs 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-libs using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install sane-backends-libs
Install sane-backends-libs 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-libs using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install sane-backends-libs
How To Uninstall sane-backends-libs on CentOS 7
To uninstall only the sane-backends-libs package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove sane-backends-libs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-libs on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.