How to Install and Uninstall cups-daemon Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cups-daemon" package

This is a short guide on how to install cups-daemon on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall cups-daemon on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cups-daemon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.3op2-3ubuntu3
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: 956
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser, bc, libcups2 (= 2.3.3op2-3ubuntu3), lsb-base, procps, ssl-cert, libapparmor1 (>= 2.7.0~beta1+bzr1772), libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.33), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpaper1, libsnapd-glib1 (>= 1.49), libsystemd0
Recommends: avahi-daemon, colord, cups-browsed, ipp-usb
Suggests: cups, cups-bsd, cups-client (>= 2.3.3op2-3ubuntu3), cups-common (>= 2.3.3op2-3ubuntu3), cups-filters, cups-pdf, cups-ppdc, cups-server-common (>= 2.3.3op2-3ubuntu3), foomatic-db-compressed-ppds | foomatic-db, ghostscript, poppler-utils, smbclient, udev
Breaks: cups (<< 2.1.0-6~)
Replaces: cups (<< 2.1.0-6~)
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups-daemon_2.3.3op2-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 314284
MD5sum: e0562875e9b4d81d49c9e741b93c2c45
SHA1: 76eaddaf5da1b89f79926a07f72a954f5f163f53
SHA256: 71a5a731d1f389ab1cf47ab64a2f92b127d6e4ed2803193c44a1ea075ccfce20
SHA512: f6442b086ca1f568f20f0dee5f591dbca2cdb28884ab2ca094b585da3d4269b1e206263ece4054ede0e90dff949c9902f4b046e32717ff53b682bb4a2270292d
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/
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, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi