How To Install cups-daemon on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-daemon on Debian 11.
What is cups-daemon
cups-daemon 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 CUPS scheduler/daemon.
There are three methods to install cups-daemon on Debian 11. 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-daemon 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-daemon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cups-daemon
Install cups-daemon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cups-daemon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cups-daemon
Install cups-daemon 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-daemon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cups-daemon
How To Uninstall cups-daemon on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cups-daemon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cups-daemon
Uninstall cups-daemon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cups-daemon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-daemon
Remove cups-daemon Configurations and Data
To remove cups-daemon configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cups-daemon
Remove cups-daemon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cups-daemon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-daemon
Dependencies
cups-daemon have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- adduser
- bc
- libcups2
- lsb-base
- procps
- ssl-cert
- libavahi-client3
- libavahi-common3
- libc6
- libdbus-1-3
- libgssapi-krb5-2
- libpam0g
- libpaper1
- libsystemd0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-daemon package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
