How To Install cups-filters on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters on Debian 11. cups-filters is OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - Main Package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters on Debian 11.

What is cups-filters

cups-filters is:

This package provides additional CUPS filters which are not provided by the CUPS project itself. This includes filters for a PDF based printing workflow.

This package contains the filters for printing with drivers/PPDs and for converting non-PDF input files to PDF.

There are three methods to install cups-filters 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-filters 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-filters using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-filters

Install cups-filters Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-filters using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cups-filters

Install cups-filters 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-filters using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cups-filters

How To Uninstall cups-filters on Debian 11

To uninstall only the cups-filters package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cups-filters

Uninstall cups-filters And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cups-filters and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-filters

Remove cups-filters Configurations and Data

To remove cups-filters configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-filters

Remove cups-filters configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cups-filters configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-filters

Dependencies

cups-filters have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.