How to Install and Uninstall cups-filters Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cups-filters" package

Learn how to install cups-filters on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall cups-filters on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cups-filters
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cups-filters package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: cups-filters
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.2-0ubuntu3.1
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1653
Provides: foomatic-filters, foomatic-filters-beh, ghostscript-cups
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcups2 (>= 1.7.0), libcupsfilters1 (>= 1.0.58), libcupsimage2 (>= 1.4.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12), libfontembed1 (>= 1.0.31), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libpoppler73 (>= 0.62.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), cups-filters-core-drivers (>= 1.20.2-0ubuntu3.1), bc, ghostscript (>= 9.02~), poppler-utils
Recommends: colord, imagemagick, liblouisutdml-bin | liblouis-bin
Suggests: foomatic-db-compressed-ppds | foomatic-db, antiword, docx2txt
Conflicts: foomatic-filters, foomatic-filters-beh, ghostscript-cups
Breaks: cups (<< 1.5.0-16), cups-common (<< 1.5.0-16), cups-ppdc (<< 1.6)
Replaces: cups (<< 1.5.0-16), cups-common (<< 1.5.0-16), cups-ppdc (<< 1.6), foomatic-filters, foomatic-filters-beh, ghostscript-cups
Filename: pool/main/c/cups-filters/cups-filters_1.20.2-0ubuntu3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 407412
MD5sum: 3a44a517b9b02df77ef2c7110a8f8abb
SHA1: d5626ce7e0994fb394f7c6330f8b4bf41a9fe55e
SHA256: 490a0ed9847e8ab688f508466e6f316e198480f91c1f4ee6006d0a03b15a5bb6
SHA512: 388e65fe39e3ccab83800a91333e19f69f68ed817e54c172057c724818e4893ff65f00de2a9f40d31133157ccaa066304cab89a4fc146d0572fdf0b9c6623140
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openprinting/
Description: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - Main Package
Description-md5: 3904eb1f4e7435cb00f37604454e097a
Task: ubuntu-desktop, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y

Package: cups-filters
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.20.2-0ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1652
Provides: foomatic-filters, foomatic-filters-beh, ghostscript-cups
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcups2 (>= 1.7.0), libcupsfilters1 (>= 1.0.58), libcupsimage2 (>= 1.4.0), libfontconfig1 (>= 2.12), libfontembed1 (>= 1.0.31), libgcc1 (>= 1:3.0), libpoppler73 (>= 0.62.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), cups-filters-core-drivers (>= 1.20.2-0ubuntu3), bc, ghostscript (>= 9.02~), poppler-utils
Recommends: colord, imagemagick, liblouisutdml-bin | liblouis-bin
Suggests: foomatic-db-compressed-ppds | foomatic-db, antiword, docx2txt
Conflicts: foomatic-filters, foomatic-filters-beh, ghostscript-cups
Breaks: cups (<< 1.5.0-16), cups-common (<< 1.5.0-16), cups-ppdc (<< 1.6)
Replaces: cups (<< 1.5.0-16), cups-common (<< 1.5.0-16), cups-ppdc (<< 1.6), foomatic-filters, foomatic-filters-beh, ghostscript-cups
Filename: pool/main/c/cups-filters/cups-filters_1.20.2-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 407380
MD5sum: 028bcffdb28d489b0c5626903663ddc8
SHA1: f764d1ce70b19f7c26b7c307b781636650ae4e70
SHA256: 2c4b28f82ab3c737ba6bb2abe03a0aa673191681e6e51a48d851ce9bdbfa5c42
Homepage: https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/openprinting/
Description: OpenPrinting CUPS Filters - Main Package
Description-md5: 3904eb1f4e7435cb00f37604454e097a
Task: ubuntu-desktop, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop-share, lubuntu-gtk-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-qt-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Supported: 5y