How To Install system-config-printer on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer on CentOS 7. system-config-printer is A printer administration tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer on CentOS 7.

What is system-config-printer

system-config-printer is a graphical user interface that allows the user to configure a CUPS print server.

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

Install system-config-printer on CentOS 7 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache

After updating yum database, We can install system-config-printer using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install system-config-printer

Install system-config-printer 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 system-config-printer using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install system-config-printer

How To Uninstall system-config-printer on CentOS 7

To uninstall only the system-config-printer package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove system-config-printer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer on CentOS 7 using yum and dnf.