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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cups-ppdc" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cups-ppdc on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cups-ppdc
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cups-ppdc" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cups-ppdc on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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-ppdc package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: cups-ppdc
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: 636
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcups2 (>= 2.3~b6), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 5), cups-common (>= 2.3.3-3ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-ppdc_2.3.3-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 91160
MD5sum: 99ab4c1d4e313d0f446673c3d225c727
SHA1: 9b1a763f481b87b8e4f1ce0117f32741a742cf46
SHA256: abdec5ef0c04d666fe560475ecafd36723f559c49653986ac03b44ad61685d64
SHA512: 2837239a39e0a751ceb22aedf9da9258cd667d9d0743af684d800f7c094343327bfacd686ff8ec339e8b8eefc7e069daaa1933507f39d95b744241d97e227cb4
Homepage: https://www.cups.org/
Description-en: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipulation utilities
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 utilities to generate and manipulate PPD files.
Description-md5: ba3fa27bc468a14b73280f189057f4e7
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