How To Install libsane-hpaio on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsane-hpaio
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsane-hpaio
libsane-hpaio is:
The HP Linux Printing and Imaging System provides full support for printing on most HP SFP (single function peripheral) inkjets and many LaserJets, and for scanning, sending faxes and for photo-card access on most HP MFP (multi-function peripheral) printers.
This package contains the SANE backend libraries for use with HP Multi-function peripherals.
Users of hplip are advised to install the hplip{-gui} packages for command line and GUI tools associated with HPLIP.
This package is useful for a minimal footprint headless scanning solution. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install libsane-hpaio
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsane-hpaio Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsane-hpaio
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsane-hpaio
Install libsane-hpaio Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsane-hpaio
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsane-hpaio
Install libsane-hpaio 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 libsane-hpaio
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsane-hpaio
How To Uninstall libsane-hpaio on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsane-hpaio
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsane-hpaio
Uninstall libsane-hpaio And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsane-hpaio
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsane-hpaio
Remove libsane-hpaio Configurations and Data
To remove libsane-hpaio
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsane-hpaio
Remove libsane-hpaio configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsane-hpaio
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsane-hpaio
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsane-hpaio
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.