How to Install and Uninstall a2ps Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: December 21,2024

1. Install "a2ps" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install a2ps on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                a2ps
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "a2ps" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall a2ps on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                a2ps
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the a2ps package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: a2ps
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.14-5
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3660
Depends: file, psutils, libc6 (>= 2.14), libpaper1
Recommends: bzip2, lpr | rlpr | cups-client, wdiff
Suggests: emacsen-common, ghostscript, graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat | imagemagick, groff, gv, html2ps, t1-cyrillic, texlive-base-bin
Filename: pool/universe/a/a2ps/a2ps_4.14-5_amd64.deb
Size: 612108
MD5sum: 5780b5ea6d3a8060ad5134b77715e2f0
SHA1: c3b5c7146aced3c113cd1d71736a356c763f6059
SHA256: 98b826551eed6c901d54b3eb4ed947f9bd66945a4f2a9ff7ab6fd25869cb93fa
Description: GNU a2ps - 'Anything to PostScript' converter and pretty-printer
Description-md5: 732bd45324c6fce1aa914b7b0167c68a