How To Install cups-client on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-client on Ubuntu 20.04. cups-client is Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV) Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV)

Introduction

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

What is `cups-client`

cups-client is:

The Common UNIX Printing System (or CUPS(tm)) is a printing system and general replacement for 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 System V style print client programs. 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-client Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.3.1-9ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional 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: 493 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), libcups2 (= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), cups-common (>= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), adduser Suggests: cups, cups-bsd, smbclient Conflicts: lprng Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-client_2.3.1-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 124260 MD5sum: 4eb63e9d2de0580a50fbf487c50641d2 SHA1: a4c85c470497bdd6ca4dab82641c15c0b362d36a SHA256: 05a24be2558d110fd9d8c08e2410acf306bc2a0495bee0b07fa6ce94db3f7392 Homepage: https://www.cups.org/ Description-en: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV) The Common UNIX Printing System (or CUPS(tm)) is a printing system and general replacement for 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-client 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-client 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-client using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-client

Install cups-client Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cups-client

Install cups-client 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-client using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cups-client

How To Uninstall cups-client on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cups-client

Uninstall cups-client And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-client

Remove cups-client Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-client

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

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

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

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Summary

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