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

Last updated: January 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "cups-client" package

Please follow the guidance below to install cups-client on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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 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-client package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: cups-client
Source: cups
Version: 2.4.2-3+deb12u5
Installed-Size: 426
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, cups-common (>= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), libcups2 (= 2.4.2-3+deb12u5), libc6 (>= 2.34)
Suggests: cups, cups-bsd, smbclient
Conflicts: lprng
Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV)
Description-md5: 49064ce8151bc5cfbb65936322a4e2ce
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/
Tag: hardware::printer, implemented-in::c, role::program, use::printing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-client_2.4.2-3+deb12u5_amd64.deb
Size: 160624
MD5sum: 93802a2b230378458b5dfd4e158ae4e6
SHA256: 1c823ae254c301504e349e5b2caf1304d444a18dd85ef57fc62325177684aa99