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

Last updated: May 04,2024

1. Install "cups-client" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cups-client on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


    
        
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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 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cups-client
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cups-client package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: cups-client
Source: cups
Version: 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2
Installed-Size: 493
Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: adduser, cups-common (>= 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2), libcups2 (= 2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2), libc6 (>= 2.7)
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_2.3.3op2-3+deb11u2_amd64.deb
Size: 241124
MD5sum: d3dd06594357a8fd55c1120a90fc63ee
SHA256: 22bb98d94642822af0acf4995fc54dce787432eaf0992f2caa60ec28c7a15706