How To Install google-cloud-print-connector on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-cloud-print-connector on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is google-cloud-print-connector
google-cloud-print-connector is:
Share CUPS printers with ChromeOS and Android devices, via Google Cloud Print. Share hundreds of printers on a powerful server, or two printers on a Raspberry Pi.
Lots of help can be found in the wiki (https://github.com/google/cloud-print-connector/wiki).
There are three methods to install google-cloud-print-connector 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 google-cloud-print-connector Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install google-cloud-print-connector using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install google-cloud-print-connector
Install google-cloud-print-connector Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install google-cloud-print-connector using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install google-cloud-print-connector
Install google-cloud-print-connector 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 google-cloud-print-connector using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install google-cloud-print-connector
How To Uninstall google-cloud-print-connector on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the google-cloud-print-connector package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove google-cloud-print-connector
Uninstall google-cloud-print-connector And Its Dependencies
To uninstall google-cloud-print-connector and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove google-cloud-print-connector
Remove google-cloud-print-connector Configurations and Data
To remove google-cloud-print-connector configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge google-cloud-print-connector
Remove google-cloud-print-connector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove google-cloud-print-connector configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge google-cloud-print-connector
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install google-cloud-print-connector package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
