How To Install printer-driver-gutenprint on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-gutenprint on Ubuntu 20.04. printer-driver-gutenprint is printer drivers for CUPS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-gutenprint on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is printer-driver-gutenprint

printer-driver-gutenprint is:

This package includes a CUPS driver based on Gutenprint.

The CUPS drivers contain all of the files needed to support photo-quality printing on any printer supported by Gutenprint. You can find out more about the Common UNIX Printing System (“CUPS”), an IPP-based printing system for UNIX/Linux, at:

http://www.cups.org

Gutenprint is the print facility for the GIMP, and in addition a suite of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems using GhostScript or CUPS. These drivers provide printing quality for UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in many cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks. Gutenprint was formerly known as Gimp-Print. Task: print-server, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop

There are three methods to install printer-driver-gutenprint 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 printer-driver-gutenprint Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-gutenprint using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-gutenprint

Install printer-driver-gutenprint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-gutenprint using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install printer-driver-gutenprint

Install printer-driver-gutenprint 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 printer-driver-gutenprint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-gutenprint

How To Uninstall printer-driver-gutenprint on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the printer-driver-gutenprint package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-gutenprint

Uninstall printer-driver-gutenprint And Its Dependencies

To uninstall printer-driver-gutenprint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-gutenprint

Remove printer-driver-gutenprint Configurations and Data

To remove printer-driver-gutenprint configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-gutenprint

Remove printer-driver-gutenprint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-gutenprint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-gutenprint

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-gutenprint package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.