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

Last updated: January 11,2025

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

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1. Install "lpr" package

Learn how to install lpr on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall lpr 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 lpr package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: lpr
Version: 1:2008.05.17.3+nmu1
Installed-Size: 367
Maintainer: Adam Majer
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: logcheck-database
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.33), netbase
Suggests: magicfilter | apsfilter, ghostscript
Conflicts: suidmanager (<< 0.50)
Description: BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system
Description-md5: dda80fd521c8858f31b8d27c8900a20d
Tag: hardware::printer, interface::daemon, network::server, role::program,
suite::bsd, use::printing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/l/lpr/lpr_2008.05.17.3+nmu1_amd64.deb
Size: 94352
MD5sum: 2957011aee99b93e3486c48c545fd5ab
SHA256: c25e339882cbe8b63313e924571dfdf95cd710aed6451c896d56de0f565232d9