How To Install sane-backends-libs on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-backends-libs on CentOS 7. sane-backends-libs is SANE libraries

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.