How to Install and Uninstall cups-daemon Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "cups-daemon" package

This tutorial shows how to install cups-daemon on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Learn how to uninstall cups-daemon on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cups-daemon
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cups-daemon package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: cups-daemon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.3-3ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Source: cups
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 945
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: libapparmor1 (>= 2.7.0~beta1+bzr1772), libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcups2 (= 2.3.3-3ubuntu1), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.12.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpaper1, libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.49), libsystemd0, procps, lsb-base, ssl-cert, adduser, bc
Recommends: colord, cups-browsed, avahi-daemon, ipp-usb
Suggests: cups, cups-bsd, cups-common (>= 2.3.3-3ubuntu1), cups-server-common (>= 2.3.3-3ubuntu1), cups-client (>= 2.3.3-3ubuntu1), cups-ppdc, cups-filters, poppler-utils, ghostscript, foomatic-db-compressed-ppds | foomatic-db, cups-pdf, udev, smbclient
Breaks: cups (<< 2.1.0-6~)
Replaces: cups (<< 2.1.0-6~)
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-daemon_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 310576
MD5sum: 2d4edbe3b4f1ca731b37a351903f2d00
SHA1: ee9fcc949cb8a540d690749db85e3db0e058ca36
SHA256: 51c669755d3adb268c3b807aafbe206cc967c1b8443eed4f8d1ee01f6c503adc
SHA512: b19f29cec661172b260126f0c8358322ca206a5d36eeb36e9f5205d36cfddb3bc0e208c9890873acb9f1c7d120847aa3c8ac48115d42d67aecaa8297eea277de
Homepage: https://www.cups.org/
Description-en: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - daemon
The Common UNIX Printing System (or CUPS(tm)) is a printing system and
general replacement for lpd and the like. It supports the Internet
Printing Protocol (IPP), and has its own filtering driver model for
handling various document types.
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This package provides the CUPS scheduler/daemon.
Description-md5: 559bf8b849cd67e4ad13a2a638aea615
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop