How To Install cups-ipp-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-ipp-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. cups-ipp-utils is Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - IPP developer/admin utilities Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - IPP developer/admin utilities

Introduction

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

What is `cups-ipp-utils`

cups-ipp-utils 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 IPP utilities for developers and system administrators 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-ipp-utils 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: 933 Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcups2 (= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1) Breaks: cups-client (« 2.0.3-2~) Replaces: cups-client (« 2.0.3-2~) Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-ipp-utils_2.3.1-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 141136 MD5sum: bf97bf2cbd5a94616d85e4d491ed115e SHA1: 83c9cce6bee8b21a6ff5cce802a010ba1c7afffe SHA256: 3d2c3e7e37ad30f68c0ca01ed18306ff62ef31b337c84a301c72aa28e9b98063 Homepage: https://www.cups.org/ Description-en: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - IPP developer/admin utilities 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-ipp-utils 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-ipp-utils 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-ipp-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-ipp-utils

Install cups-ipp-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cups-ipp-utils

Install cups-ipp-utils 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-ipp-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cups-ipp-utils

How To Uninstall cups-ipp-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove cups-ipp-utils

Uninstall cups-ipp-utils And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-ipp-utils

Remove cups-ipp-utils Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-ipp-utils

Remove cups-ipp-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-ipp-utils

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Summary

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