How To Install cups-bsd on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-bsd on Ubuntu 20.04. cups-bsd is Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-bsd on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `cups-bsd`

cups-bsd is:

The Common UNIX Printing System (or CUPS(tm)) is a printing system and general replacement for lpr, lpd and the like. It supports the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), and has its own filtering driver model for handling various document types.

This package provides the BSD commands for interacting with CUPS. It is provided separately to allow CUPS to coexist with other printing systems (to a small degree). Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: cups-bsd Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.3.1-9ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: extra Section: net Source: cups Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 126 Provides: lpr Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcups2 (= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, cups-client (= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), cups-common (>= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1) Suggests: cups, inetutils-inetd | inet-superserver, update-inetd Conflicts: lpr, lprng Replaces: lpr Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-bsd_2.3.1-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 35524 MD5sum: 080e5883d3decf11ff331cfd6753837e SHA1: 4ba739e5978c176985a4aa53266a1811d9c1e130 SHA256: b39b384b9d995742091591aec132e183c1f443f45b333406cf546456e40fbd90 Homepage: https://www.cups.org/ Description-en: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - BSD commands The Common UNIX Printing System (or CUPS(tm)) is a printing system and general replacement for lpr, lpd and the like. It supports the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), and has its own filtering driver model for handling various document types.

There are three methods to install cups-bsd on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cups-bsd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-bsd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-bsd

Install cups-bsd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-bsd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cups-bsd

Install cups-bsd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-bsd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cups-bsd

How To Uninstall cups-bsd on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the cups-bsd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cups-bsd

Uninstall cups-bsd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cups-bsd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-bsd

Remove cups-bsd Configurations and Data

To remove cups-bsd configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-bsd

Remove cups-bsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cups-bsd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-bsd

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-bsd package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.