How To Install print-manager on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install print-manager on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is print-manager
print-manager is:
This package provides a KDE configuration module and a Plasma widget for installing and configuring printers, and monitoring printers, print jobs and print queues.
This package is part of the KDE utilities module.
There are three methods to install print-manager 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 print-manager Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install print-manager using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install print-manager
Install print-manager Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install print-manager using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install print-manager
Install print-manager 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 print-manager using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install print-manager
How To Uninstall print-manager on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the print-manager package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove print-manager
Uninstall print-manager And Its Dependencies
To uninstall print-manager and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove print-manager
Remove print-manager Configurations and Data
To remove print-manager configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge print-manager
Remove print-manager configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove print-manager configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge print-manager
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install print-manager package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
