How to Install and Uninstall cups Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the cups on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "cups" package

This guide let you learn how to install cups on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cups on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cups package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cups
Version: 2.4.2-3+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 1062
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: cups-client (>= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), cups-common (>= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), cups-core-drivers (>= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), cups-daemon (>= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), cups-filters, cups-ppdc, cups-server-common (>= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, ghostscript, libcups2 (= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), poppler-utils, procps, libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.36), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.16)
Recommends: avahi-daemon, colord
Suggests: cups-bsd, cups-pdf, foomatic-db-compressed-ppds | foomatic-db, smbclient, udev
Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface
Description-md5: 757338adad655b8f7da62fcd23ed6453
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/
Tag: hardware::printer, implemented-in::c, interface::web, network::server,
protocol::lpr, protocol::ssl, role::program, use::printing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups_2.4.2-3+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 291200
MD5sum: 1219e9dbbacca3c757cd5d5475f192fc
SHA256: 610614bb7d418a28f3cdf9d50032e79c6ea2d105af5cf026a7e9247b017d52ac