How To Install cups on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups on Debian 10.
What is cups
cups 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 parts of CUPS which are needed for using printer drivers.
There are three methods to install cups on Debian 10. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cups
Install cups Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cups using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cups
Install cups 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cups
How To Uninstall cups on Debian 10
To uninstall only the cups package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cups
Uninstall cups And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cups and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups
Remove cups Configurations and Data
To remove cups configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cups
Remove cups configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cups configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups
Dependencies
cups have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
