How To Install brother-lpr-drivers-ac on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install brother-lpr-drivers-ac on Ubuntu 20.04. brother-lpr-drivers-ac is LPR drivers for ac brother printers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install brother-lpr-drivers-ac on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is brother-lpr-drivers-ac

brother-lpr-drivers-ac is:

This package provides all LPR drivers for models HL-4040CN HL-4040CDN HL-4050CDN HL-4070CDW MFC-9440CN MFC-9450CDN MFC-9840CDW DCP-9040CN DCP-9042CN DCP-9045CDN

There are three methods to install brother-lpr-drivers-ac on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-ac 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-ac using apt-get by running the following command:

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

Install brother-lpr-drivers-ac Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

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

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

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

How To Uninstall brother-lpr-drivers-ac on Ubuntu 20.04

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

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

Uninstall brother-lpr-drivers-ac And Its Dependencies

To uninstall brother-lpr-drivers-ac and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

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

Remove brother-lpr-drivers-ac Configurations and Data

To remove brother-lpr-drivers-ac configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

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

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

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

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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install brother-lpr-drivers-ac package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.