Install AutoPrintEmail on Fedora, RHEL, or openSUSE

Running Fedora, RHEL, Rocky, Alma, or openSUSE? Two commands and that box is a print station. Add our repo once, and every future update arrives through dnf like any other package.

Table of Contents

• Install
• Updates
• No Repo? Direct Download
• Secure Storage (Keyring)
• The Tray Icon
• Start on Boot
• Printing
• Other Flavors

Install

Add the repository, then install:

sudo curl -fsSL https://releases.autoprint.email/autoprintemail.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/autoprintemail.repo
sudo dnf install autoprintemail

sudo curl -fsSL https://releases.autoprint.email/autoprintemail.repo -o /etc/yum.repos.d/autoprintemail.repo
sudo dnf install autoprintemail

That first line just saves our repository file where dnf looks for them. It works on every Fedora and RHEL version. If you prefer the built-in command, note that it changed in Fedora 41: newer systems use sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://releases.autoprint.email/autoprintemail.repo, while older ones use sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo <same URL>.

On openSUSE, use zypper:

sudo zypper addrepo https://releases.autoprint.email/autoprintemail.repo
sudo zypper install autoprintemail

sudo zypper addrepo https://releases.autoprint.email/autoprintemail.repo
sudo zypper install autoprintemail

Your package manager pulls in everything AutoPrintEmail needs, including the CUPS client tools it uses to talk to your printer. The first install asks you to confirm our signing key, which is normal: every package and the repository index are signed, and your machine checks that signature before installing anything.

Then launch AutoPrintEmail from your app menu and sign in.

Updates

This is the part that makes the repo worth adding. To update:

sudo dnf upgrade autoprintemail

sudo dnf upgrade autoprintemail

(sudo dnf update autoprintemail does the same thing, if that's the habit in your fingers.)

You usually won't even need that. AutoPrintEmail now shows up in your normal system updates, so GNOME Software and KDE Discover list it alongside everything else, and if you run dnf-automatic it gets applied on its own. Your settings, accounts, and print history are kept.

No Repo? Direct Download

If you'd rather not add a repository, grab the .rpm for your CPU from the download page and install it:

sudo dnf install ./autoprintemail-*.x86_64.rpm

sudo dnf install ./autoprintemail-*.x86_64.rpm

The trade-off is updates: without the repo, nothing tells your system a new version exists. The app shows a banner when one is out, and you repeat the download by hand each time.

Secure Storage (Keyring)

AutoPrintEmail encrypts your email credentials using your desktop's keyring.

• Fedora Workstation (GNOME): gnome-keyring is preinstalled. Nothing to do.
• KDE spins: KWallet works out of the box.
• Minimal installs: if you see an "Encryption is not available" error at launch, install the keyring:

sudo dnf install gnome-keyring

sudo dnf install gnome-keyring

Then log out and back in.

The Tray Icon

AutoPrintEmail lives in your system tray. Fedora's stock GNOME hides tray icons, so install the AppIndicator extension to see it. KDE shows it out of the box.

Start on Boot

In the app, go to Settings and turn on Start on login. AutoPrintEmail registers itself to autostart with your desktop session, so a reboot puts it right back in the tray.

Printing

AutoPrintEmail prints through CUPS, the standard Linux print system. If your printer shows up in your system's print settings, AutoPrintEmail can use it. Add the printer in Settings → Printers on your distro first if it's not there yet.

Other Flavors

• On Ubuntu, Debian, or Mint? See Install on Ubuntu / Debian
• Want a portable single file instead? See Run the AppImage