How to Install and Uninstall cups Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "cups" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install cups on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cups on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye)

Package: cups
Version: 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2
Installed-Size: 1134
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: cups-client (>= 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2), cups-common (>= 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2), cups-core-drivers (>= 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2), cups-daemon (>= 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2), cups-filters, cups-ppdc, cups-server-common (>= 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, ghostscript, libcups2 (= 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2), poppler-utils, procps, libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.16), 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,
role::program, use::printing
Section: net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups_2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2_amd64.deb
Size: 377976
MD5sum: 84d219d25b3d8f76778882e79242cd8e
SHA256: 4df971020416388ec991a3928407db43220130d82ac3b1ad14f02f481bb3861f