How To Install cups-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04

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

Introduction

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

What is `cups-daemon`

cups-daemon 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 CUPS scheduler/daemon. 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-daemon 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: 935 Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcups2 (= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpaper1, libsystemd0, procps, lsb-base, ssl-cert, adduser, bc Recommends: colord, cups-browsed, avahi-daemon Suggests: cups, cups-bsd, cups-common (>= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), cups-server-common (>= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), cups-client (>= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), cups-ppdc, cups-filters, poppler-utils, ghostscript, foomatic-db-compressed-ppds | foomatic-db, cups-pdf, udev, smbclient Breaks: cups (« 2.1.0-6~) Replaces: cups (« 2.1.0-6~) Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-daemon_2.3.1-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 307808 MD5sum: fa79bd9609bf04df251346143b0e7a52 SHA1: 53d127d37e4fe2598d43d69c15c6029a9348e601 SHA256: eae81ef73506942cd192b9c512f50d9f1a83c1512eef72f4cd129fd993a3b84b Homepage: https://www.cups.org/ Description-en: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - daemon 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-daemon 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-daemon 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-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-daemon

Install cups-daemon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cups-daemon

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

sudo aptitude -y install cups-daemon

How To Uninstall cups-daemon on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cups-daemon

Uninstall cups-daemon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-daemon

Remove cups-daemon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-daemon

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

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

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

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Summary

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