How To Install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 on Ubuntu 18.04. brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 is LPR drivers for laser1 brother printers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is brother-lpr-drivers-laser1

brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 is:

This package provides all LPR drivers for models DCP-1000 DCP-1400 DCP-8020 DCP-8025D DCP-8040 DCP-8045D FAX-2850 FAX-2900 FAX-3800 FAX-4100 FAX-4750e FAX-5750e HL-1030 HL-1230 HL-1240 HL-1250 HL-1270N HL-1430 HL-1440 HL-1450 HL-1470N HL-1650 HL-1670N HL-1850 HL-1870N HL-5030 HL-5040 HL-5050 HL-5070N HL-5130 HL-5140 HL-5150D HL-5170DN HL-6050 HL-6050D MFC-4800 MFC-6800 MFC-8420 MFC-8440 MFC-8500 MFC-8820D MFC-8840D MFC-9030 MFC-9070 MFC-9160 MFC-9180 MFC-9660 MFC-9700 MFC-9760 MFC-9800 MFC-9860 MFC-9880

There are three methods to install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 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 brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1

Install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1

Install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 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 brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1

How To Uninstall brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove brother-lpr-drivers-laser1

Uninstall brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove brother-lpr-drivers-laser1

Remove brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 Configurations and Data

To remove brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge brother-lpr-drivers-laser1

Remove brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge brother-lpr-drivers-laser1

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install brother-lpr-drivers-laser1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.