How To Install rlpr on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rlpr on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is rlpr
rlpr is:
Rlpr makes it possible (or at the very least, easier), to print files on remote sites to your local printer, and vice versa. The rlpr package includes BSD-compatible replacements for ’lpr’, ’lpq’, and ’lprm’, whose functionality is a superset of their BSD counterparts. In other words, with the rlpr package, you can do everything you can do with the BSD printing commands, and more. The programs contained within the rlpr package are all GPL’d, and are more lightweight, cleaner and more secure than their BSD counterparts.
There are three methods to install rlpr 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 rlpr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rlpr using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rlpr
Install rlpr Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rlpr using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rlpr
Install rlpr 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 rlpr using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rlpr
How To Uninstall rlpr on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the rlpr package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rlpr
Uninstall rlpr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rlpr and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rlpr
Remove rlpr Configurations and Data
To remove rlpr configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rlpr
Remove rlpr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rlpr configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rlpr
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rlpr package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
