How To Install cups-pdf on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-pdf on Debian 9.
What is cups-pdf
cups-pdf is:
This dummy package is provided to support the transition from cups-pdf to printer-driver-cups-pdf and should be removed afterwards.
There are three methods to install cups-pdf on Debian 9. 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-pdf 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-pdf using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cups-pdf
Install cups-pdf Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cups-pdf using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cups-pdf
Install cups-pdf 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install cups-pdf using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cups-pdf
How To Uninstall cups-pdf on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cups-pdf package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cups-pdf
Uninstall cups-pdf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cups-pdf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-pdf
Remove cups-pdf Configurations and Data
To remove cups-pdf configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cups-pdf
Remove cups-pdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cups-pdf configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-pdf
Dependencies
cups-pdf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-pdf package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
