How To Install system-config-printer-udev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-udev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is system-config-printer-udev
system-config-printer-udev is:
These utilities allow one to detect automatically printers using UDEV when they are plugged on the system. They are then configured automatically in the CUPS printing daemon and made available to users.
There are three methods to install system-config-printer-udev 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 system-config-printer-udev 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-udev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install system-config-printer-udev
Install system-config-printer-udev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install system-config-printer-udev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install system-config-printer-udev
Install system-config-printer-udev 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 system-config-printer-udev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install system-config-printer-udev
How To Uninstall system-config-printer-udev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the system-config-printer-udev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove system-config-printer-udev
Uninstall system-config-printer-udev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall system-config-printer-udev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-config-printer-udev
Remove system-config-printer-udev Configurations and Data
To remove system-config-printer-udev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge system-config-printer-udev
Remove system-config-printer-udev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove system-config-printer-udev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-config-printer-udev
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-udev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
