How To Install escputil on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install escputil
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is escputil
escputil is:
escputil is a utility to clean and align the heads of Epson Stylus printers. It can also check the current ink levels in the printer.
Gutenprint is the print facility for the GIMP, and in addition a suite of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems using GhostScript or CUPS. These drivers provide printing quality for UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in many cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks. Gutenprint was formerly known as Gimp-Print.
There are three methods to install escputil
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 escputil Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install escputil
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install escputil
Install escputil Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install escputil
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install escputil
Install escputil 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 escputil
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install escputil
How To Uninstall escputil on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the escputil
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove escputil
Uninstall escputil And Its Dependencies
To uninstall escputil
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove escputil
Remove escputil Configurations and Data
To remove escputil
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge escputil
Remove escputil configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove escputil
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge escputil
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install escputil
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.