How To Install iprint on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iprint on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is iprint
iprint is:
iprint is a simple utility to print out the decimal, octal, hexadecimal, and binary or ascii values of the characters fed to it on the command line.
There are three methods to install iprint 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 iprint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iprint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iprint
Install iprint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iprint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iprint
Install iprint 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 iprint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iprint
How To Uninstall iprint on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the iprint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iprint
Uninstall iprint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iprint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iprint
Remove iprint Configurations and Data
To remove iprint configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iprint
Remove iprint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iprint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iprint
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iprint package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
