How To Install splix on Rocky Linux 8
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install splix on Rocky Linux 8.
What is splix
This driver is usable by all printer devices which understand the QPDL (Quick Page Description Language) also known as SPL2 (Samsung Printer Language) language. It covers several Samsung, Xerox and Dell printers. Splix doesn’t support old SPL(1) printers.
We can use yum or dnf to install splix on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install splix.
Install splix 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 splix using dnf by running the following command:
sudo dnf -y install splix
Install splix 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 splix using yum by running the following command:
sudo yum -y install splix
How To Uninstall splix on Rocky Linux 8
To uninstall only the splix package we can use the following command:
sudo dnf remove splix
splix Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/02
/usr/lib/.build-id/02/df36a3a38e389c30a763aa7bc370f639eae716
/usr/lib/.build-id/44
/usr/lib/.build-id/44/0b902f636d15a81581f592710acd560bdd0394
/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoqpdl
/usr/lib/cups/filter/rastertoqpdl
/usr/share/cups/drv/splix
/usr/share/cups/drv/splix/splix-dell.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/splix/splix-lexmark.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/splix/splix-samsung.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/splix/splix-toshiba.drv
/usr/share/cups/drv/splix/splix-xerox.drv
/usr/share/doc/splix
/usr/share/doc/splix/AUTHORS
/usr/share/doc/splix/ChangeLog
/usr/share/doc/splix/THANKS
/usr/share/licenses/splix
/usr/share/licenses/splix/COPYING
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install splix on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.