How To Install printer-driver-ptouch on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-ptouch on Debian 12.
What is printer-driver-ptouch
printer-driver-ptouch is:
The ptouch driver is an open source driver for the Brother P-touch label printers, from the QL-* and PT-* series.
There are three methods to install printer-driver-ptouch on Debian 12. 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-ptouch 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-ptouch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-ptouch
Install printer-driver-ptouch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-ptouch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-ptouch
Install printer-driver-ptouch 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-ptouch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-ptouch
How To Uninstall printer-driver-ptouch on Debian 12
To uninstall only the printer-driver-ptouch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-ptouch
Uninstall printer-driver-ptouch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall printer-driver-ptouch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-ptouch
Remove printer-driver-ptouch Configurations and Data
To remove printer-driver-ptouch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-ptouch
Remove printer-driver-ptouch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-ptouch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-ptouch
Dependencies
printer-driver-ptouch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-ptouch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
