How To Install printer-driver-all on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-all on Debian 9.
What is printer-driver-all
printer-driver-all is:
This package recommends all printer driver packages, which can be individually removed.
It does not provide any printer driver itself.
There are three methods to install printer-driver-all on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install printer-driver-all Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-all using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-all
Install printer-driver-all Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-all using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-all
Install printer-driver-all 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 printer-driver-all using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-all
How To Uninstall printer-driver-all on Debian 9
To uninstall only the printer-driver-all package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-all
Uninstall printer-driver-all And Its Dependencies
To uninstall printer-driver-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-all
Remove printer-driver-all Configurations and Data
To remove printer-driver-all configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-all
Remove printer-driver-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-all
Dependencies
printer-driver-all have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-all package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.