How To Install printer-driver-oki on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-oki
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is printer-driver-oki
printer-driver-oki is:
CUPS filters and drivers supporting OKI Data printers.
This driver is known to support these printers:
- OKI 24 Pin
- OKI 9 Pin
- OKI B2200 / B2400 PCL
- OKI B4000 / B400 / MB400 PCL
- OKI B4000 / B400 / MB400 PS
- OKI B6250 / B6500
- OKI B6300
- OKI B710 / B720 / B730
- OKI B930
- OKI C330 / C530
- OKI C3600
- OKI C5550 MFP / MC560 MFP / CX2032 MFP / CX2033 MFP
- OKI C6050 / C6150
- OKI C610 / C710 / C711
- OKI C830 / MC860 MFP / CX2633 MFP
- OKI C910 / C9600 / C9650
- OKI MB471 MFP / MB491 MFP
- OKI MC361 MFP / MC561 MFP / CX2731 MFP
This package contains the CUPS filter driver and PPDs for the supported printers.
There are three methods to install printer-driver-oki
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 printer-driver-oki 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-oki
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-oki
Install printer-driver-oki Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-oki
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-oki
Install printer-driver-oki 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-oki
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-oki
How To Uninstall printer-driver-oki on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the printer-driver-oki
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-oki
Uninstall printer-driver-oki And Its Dependencies
To uninstall printer-driver-oki
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-oki
Remove printer-driver-oki Configurations and Data
To remove printer-driver-oki
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-oki
Remove printer-driver-oki configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-oki
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-oki
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-oki
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.