How To Install system-config-printer-common on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-common on Debian 11.
What is system-config-printer-common
system-config-printer-common is:
System-config-printer is a GUI written in Python using GTK+ to configure a CUPS server. Its primary use is to configure the printing system on the local host, but can also be used to setup a remote printer.
In terms of features, it aims to be as complete as the CUPS web administration tool, while being integrated to the desktop.
This package contains the backend and the translation files for system-config-printer
There are three methods to install system-config-printer-common on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install system-config-printer-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-printer-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install system-config-printer-common
Install system-config-printer-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-printer-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install system-config-printer-common
Install system-config-printer-common 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 system-config-printer-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install system-config-printer-common
How To Uninstall system-config-printer-common on Debian 11
To uninstall only the system-config-printer-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove system-config-printer-common
Uninstall system-config-printer-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall system-config-printer-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-config-printer-common
Remove system-config-printer-common Configurations and Data
To remove system-config-printer-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge system-config-printer-common
Remove system-config-printer-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove system-config-printer-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-config-printer-common
Dependencies
system-config-printer-common have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-gdkpixbuf-2.0
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-notify-0.7
- gir1.2-pango-1.0
- python3-cairo
- python3-cups
- python3-cupshelpers
- python3-dbus
- python3-gi
- python3-requests
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.