How To Install indicator-printers on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-printers on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is indicator-printers
indicator-printers is:
This indicator is designed to let you view and control active print jobs.
It requires some way to be hosted into a panel. Either Unity or an indicator plugin for your desktop environment.
There are three methods to install indicator-printers on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install indicator-printers Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-printers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indicator-printers
Install indicator-printers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indicator-printers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indicator-printers
Install indicator-printers 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 indicator-printers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indicator-printers
How To Uninstall indicator-printers on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the indicator-printers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-printers
Uninstall indicator-printers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indicator-printers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indicator-printers
Remove indicator-printers Configurations and Data
To remove indicator-printers configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indicator-printers
Remove indicator-printers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indicator-printers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indicator-printers
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indicator-printers package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
