How To Install ppdfilt on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ppdfilt
on Debian 10.
What is ppdfilt
ppdfilt is:
ppdfilt is a filter program designed to be used within a filter script or from the command line tool to insert printer specific commands to a PostScript print job. This can be used to tell the printer to duplex or staple the print job, or tell it what paper tray to draw paper from. In the GNULpr printing environment, users do not call ppdfilt directly, but its features are accessed by using ’lpr’ or ‘gpr’ (see)
There are three methods to install ppdfilt
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ppdfilt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ppdfilt
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ppdfilt
Install ppdfilt Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ppdfilt
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ppdfilt
Install ppdfilt 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ppdfilt
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ppdfilt
How To Uninstall ppdfilt on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ppdfilt
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ppdfilt
Uninstall ppdfilt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ppdfilt
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ppdfilt
Remove ppdfilt Configurations and Data
To remove ppdfilt
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ppdfilt
Remove ppdfilt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ppdfilt
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ppdfilt
Dependencies
ppdfilt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ppdfilt
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.