How To Install printer-driver-foo2zjs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-foo2zjs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is printer-driver-foo2zjs
printer-driver-foo2zjs is:
foo2zjs is an open source printer driver for printers that use the Zenographics ZjStream wire protocol for their print data, such as the Minolta magicolor 2200/2300/2430 DL, Minolta Color PageWorks/Pro L and HP LaserJet 1000/1005/1018/1020/1022. These printers are often erroneously referred to as “winprinters” or “GDI printers”.
This package provides the following drivers: foo2hblp2, foo2hiperc, foo2hp, foo2lava, foo2oak, foo2qpdl, foo2slx, foo2xqx, foo2zjs.
The psutils package is needed to enable n-up printing support.
There are three methods to install printer-driver-foo2zjs 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 printer-driver-foo2zjs 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-foo2zjs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-foo2zjs
Install printer-driver-foo2zjs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-foo2zjs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-foo2zjs
Install printer-driver-foo2zjs 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 printer-driver-foo2zjs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-foo2zjs
How To Uninstall printer-driver-foo2zjs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the printer-driver-foo2zjs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-foo2zjs
Uninstall printer-driver-foo2zjs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall printer-driver-foo2zjs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-foo2zjs
Remove printer-driver-foo2zjs Configurations and Data
To remove printer-driver-foo2zjs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-foo2zjs
Remove printer-driver-foo2zjs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-foo2zjs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-foo2zjs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-foo2zjs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
