How To Install cups-filters-core-drivers on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters-core-drivers on Ubuntu 18.04. cups-filters-core-drivers is OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - Driverless printing

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-filters-core-drivers on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is cups-filters-core-drivers

cups-filters-core-drivers is:

This package provides additional CUPS filters which are not provided by the CUPS project itself. This includes filters for a PDF based printing workflow.

This package contains only the filters needed for driverless printing of PDF input files on IPP printers with known, common languages (PDF, PostScript, PWG Raster, Apple Raster, PCL).

There are three methods to install cups-filters-core-drivers 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 cups-filters-core-drivers Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-filters-core-drivers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-filters-core-drivers

Install cups-filters-core-drivers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-filters-core-drivers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cups-filters-core-drivers

Install cups-filters-core-drivers 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 cups-filters-core-drivers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cups-filters-core-drivers

How To Uninstall cups-filters-core-drivers on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the cups-filters-core-drivers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cups-filters-core-drivers

Uninstall cups-filters-core-drivers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cups-filters-core-drivers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-filters-core-drivers

Remove cups-filters-core-drivers Configurations and Data

To remove cups-filters-core-drivers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-filters-core-drivers

Remove cups-filters-core-drivers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cups-filters-core-drivers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-filters-core-drivers

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Summary

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