How To Install ippusbxd on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ippusbxd on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ippusbxd
ippusbxd is:
ippusbxd is a userland driver for USB devices supporting the IPP USB specification. It enables these USB printers to be seen as regular network IPP printers.
There are three methods to install ippusbxd 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 ippusbxd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ippusbxd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ippusbxd
Install ippusbxd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ippusbxd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ippusbxd
Install ippusbxd 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 ippusbxd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ippusbxd
How To Uninstall ippusbxd on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ippusbxd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ippusbxd
Uninstall ippusbxd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ippusbxd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ippusbxd
Remove ippusbxd Configurations and Data
To remove ippusbxd configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ippusbxd
Remove ippusbxd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ippusbxd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ippusbxd
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ippusbxd package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
