How to Install and Uninstall cups-client Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "cups-client" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install cups-client on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cups-client
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cups-client" package

Learn how to uninstall cups-client on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cups-client
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cups-client package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: cups-client
Source: cups
Version: 2.2.10-6+deb10u6
Installed-Size: 524
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cups (<< 1.7.3-5~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcups2 (= 2.2.10-6+deb10u6), libcupsimage2 (>= 1.4.0), cups-common (>= 2.2.10-6+deb10u6), adduser
Suggests: cups, cups-bsd, smbclient
Conflicts: lprng
Breaks: cups (<< 1.7.3-5~)
Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV)
Description-md5: 49064ce8151bc5cfbb65936322a4e2ce
Homepage: https://www.cups.org/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/c/cups/cups-client_2.2.10-6+deb10u6_amd64.deb
Size: 252988
MD5sum: 826750e4ae734756f517e7dfd7535b68
SHA256: ee675471f123c584c886fd39c9908d5d6bb16bfe702823ed90433629622673e5

Package: cups-client
Source: cups
Version: 2.2.10-6+deb10u5
Installed-Size: 524
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: cups (<< 1.7.3-5~)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcups2 (= 2.2.10-6+deb10u5), libcupsimage2 (>= 1.4.0), cups-common (>= 2.2.10-6+deb10u5), adduser
Suggests: cups, cups-bsd, smbclient
Conflicts: lprng
Breaks: cups (<< 1.7.3-5~)
Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV)
Description-md5: 49064ce8151bc5cfbb65936322a4e2ce
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://www.cups.org/
Tag: hardware::printer, implemented-in::c, role::program, use::printing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-client_2.2.10-6+deb10u5_amd64.deb
Size: 252956
MD5sum: 4707bc941029c7839b8afea0bc8a2acb
SHA256: 61ad260042e264e766296a39689a22c82715984031f3b1605937ba534824256c