How To Install libppd0 on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libppd0
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is libppd0
libppd0 is:
PostScript was designed as a device independent language. To be able to access device specific features like selecting different paper trays and turning on different imaging models, each printer vendor supplies a PostScript Printer Definition or PPD file. This library reads those PPD files and provides functions that allow a program to modify PostScript print jobs to access these special features.
There are three methods to install libppd0
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libppd0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libppd0
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libppd0
Install libppd0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libppd0
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libppd0
Install libppd0 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 libppd0
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libppd0
How To Uninstall libppd0 on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the libppd0
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libppd0
Uninstall libppd0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libppd0
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libppd0
Remove libppd0 Configurations and Data
To remove libppd0
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libppd0
Remove libppd0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libppd0
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libppd0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libppd0
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.