How To Install libcupsimage2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupsimage2
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libcupsimage2
libcupsimage2 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 image libraries for handling the CUPS raster format. Task: 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: libcupsimage2 Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.3.1-9ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: libs 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: 145 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libcups2 (= 2.3.1-9ubuntu1) Recommends: libcupsfilters1 Filename: pool/main/c/cups/libcupsimage2_2.3.1-9ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 6208 MD5sum: faf9d82ef8aaf7d94bd636dab1a51e45 SHA1: f36e36f437764f679b3d7d16fa87f857425e9ee0 SHA256: 2e5a70b6f72c49ba2be2ba9d015c4ecb0a6633f0e27852871cc32a81dc5e53cc Homepage: https://www.cups.org/ Description-en: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Raster image library 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 image libraries for handling the CUPS raster format. Task: 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
There are three methods to install libcupsimage2
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 libcupsimage2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libcupsimage2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libcupsimage2
Install libcupsimage2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libcupsimage2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libcupsimage2
Install libcupsimage2 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 libcupsimage2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libcupsimage2
How To Uninstall libcupsimage2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libcupsimage2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libcupsimage2
Uninstall libcupsimage2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libcupsimage2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcupsimage2
Remove libcupsimage2 Configurations and Data
To remove libcupsimage2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libcupsimage2
Remove libcupsimage2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libcupsimage2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcupsimage2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libcupsimage2
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.