How To Install system-config-printer-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is system-config-printer-gnome
system-config-printer-gnome is:
This is a transitional package and can safely be removed once no other packages depend on it.
There are three methods to install system-config-printer-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install system-config-printer-gnome Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-printer-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install system-config-printer-gnome
Install system-config-printer-gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-printer-gnome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install system-config-printer-gnome
Install system-config-printer-gnome 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 system-config-printer-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install system-config-printer-gnome
How To Uninstall system-config-printer-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the system-config-printer-gnome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove system-config-printer-gnome
Uninstall system-config-printer-gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall system-config-printer-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-config-printer-gnome
Remove system-config-printer-gnome Configurations and Data
To remove system-config-printer-gnome configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge system-config-printer-gnome
Remove system-config-printer-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove system-config-printer-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-config-printer-gnome
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-gnome package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
