How To Install libgutenprint-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgutenprint-doc
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libgutenprint-doc
libgutenprint-doc is:
This package contains lots of info-files, DVI docs and other documentation about the Gutenprint library for photo-quality printing.
Install this package if you want to have lots of info about the Gutenprint library when you’re programming.
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 libgutenprint-doc
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 libgutenprint-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libgutenprint-doc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libgutenprint-doc
Install libgutenprint-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libgutenprint-doc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libgutenprint-doc
Install libgutenprint-doc 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 libgutenprint-doc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libgutenprint-doc
How To Uninstall libgutenprint-doc on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libgutenprint-doc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libgutenprint-doc
Uninstall libgutenprint-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libgutenprint-doc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libgutenprint-doc
Remove libgutenprint-doc Configurations and Data
To remove libgutenprint-doc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libgutenprint-doc
Remove libgutenprint-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libgutenprint-doc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libgutenprint-doc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libgutenprint-doc
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.