How To Install cups-pk-helper on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-pk-helper on Debian 11.
What is cups-pk-helper
cups-pk-helper is:
This package provides a PolicyKit helper to configure cups with fine-grained privileges. For example, it’s possible to let users enable/disable printers without requiring a password, while still requiring a password for editing printer settings.
There are three methods to install cups-pk-helper 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-pk-helper 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-pk-helper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cups-pk-helper
Install cups-pk-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cups-pk-helper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cups-pk-helper
Install cups-pk-helper 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-pk-helper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cups-pk-helper
How To Uninstall cups-pk-helper on Debian 11
To uninstall only the cups-pk-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cups-pk-helper
Uninstall cups-pk-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cups-pk-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-pk-helper
Remove cups-pk-helper Configurations and Data
To remove cups-pk-helper configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cups-pk-helper
Remove cups-pk-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cups-pk-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-pk-helper
Dependencies
cups-pk-helper have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-pk-helper package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
