How To Install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds on Debian 10.
What is foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds is:
Foomatic is a printing system designed to make it easier to set up common printers for use with Debian (and other operating systems). It provides the “glue” between a print spooler (like CUPS or lpr) and your actual printer, by telling your computer how to process files sent to the printer.
This package contains all PPD files which can be generated from the Foomatic database as one small compressed archive. This reduces the disk space consumption compared to the Foomatic XML database vastly and in addition makes listing of all available PPDs and extracting the needed PPD much faster than using the Foomatic XML database.
There are three methods to install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds 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 foomatic-db-compressed-ppds Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
Install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
Install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds 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 foomatic-db-compressed-ppds using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
How To Uninstall foomatic-db-compressed-ppds on Debian 10
To uninstall only the foomatic-db-compressed-ppds package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
Uninstall foomatic-db-compressed-ppds And Its Dependencies
To uninstall foomatic-db-compressed-ppds and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
Remove foomatic-db-compressed-ppds Configurations and Data
To remove foomatic-db-compressed-ppds configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
Remove foomatic-db-compressed-ppds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove foomatic-db-compressed-ppds configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foomatic-db-compressed-ppds
Dependencies
foomatic-db-compressed-ppds have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foomatic-db-compressed-ppds package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.