How to Install and Uninstall hplip Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: March 15,2025

1. Install "hplip" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install hplip on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                hplip
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "hplip" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall hplip on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: hplip
Version: 3.18.12+dfsg0-2
Installed-Size: 505
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, cups, hplip-data (= 3.18.12+dfsg0-2), libhpmud0 (= 3.18.12+dfsg0-2), libsane-hpaio (= 3.18.12+dfsg0-2), lsb-base, printer-driver-hpcups (= 3.18.12+dfsg0-2), python3-dbus, python3-gi, python3-pexpect, python3-pil, python3-reportlab, wget, python3:any, xz-utils, python3 (<< 3.8), python3 (>= 3.7~), libc6 (>= 2.14), libcups2 (>= 1.6.0), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libpython3.7 (>= 3.7.0), libsane (>= 1.0.24), libsnmp30 (>= 5.7.3+dfsg-4+b1~dfsg), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.8)
Recommends: avahi-daemon, policykit-1, printer-driver-postscript-hp, sane-utils
Suggests: hplip-doc, hplip-gui, python3-notify2, system-config-printer
Description: HP Linux Printing and Imaging System (HPLIP)
Description-md5: 2c0bf2568da19b1e4a1da75410d4aa8a
Homepage: https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
Tag: hardware::printer, implemented-in::python, interface::daemon,
network::server, protocol::ssl, role::program, use::driver,
use::printing
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/h/hplip/hplip_3.18.12+dfsg0-2_amd64.deb
Size: 280428
MD5sum: 7d830919859b126acf5621c673f73b31
SHA256: efe90cad4dc650c450e4cc2c2dbe20fce0f07c609e3378071d77de8224e1a37e