How To Install cups-common on Ubuntu 20.04

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

Introduction

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

What is `cups-common`

cups-common 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 common files for CUPS server and client packages. 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-common Architecture: all 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: 3832 Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-common_2.3.1-9ubuntu1_all.deb Size: 196100 MD5sum: f0cc574c92fa7b82ec07a149e0d7fd53 SHA1: e1434576d578aa8c1d00d00b2b3bdad405d09050 SHA256: da47f51b902f1613ac5f939da558a714c3d0d45f136ae904745c6e119a2ddef8 Homepage: https://www.cups.org/ Description-en: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - common files 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-common 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-common 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-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-common

Install cups-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cups-common

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

sudo aptitude -y install cups-common

How To Uninstall cups-common on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cups-common

Uninstall cups-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-common

Remove cups-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-common

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

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

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

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Summary

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