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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "cups-pk-helper" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install cups-pk-helper on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cups-pk-helper
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cups-pk-helper" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall cups-pk-helper on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cups-pk-helper
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cups-pk-helper package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: cups-pk-helper
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.6-1ubuntu3
Priority: extra
Section: gnome
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guido Günther
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 328
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), libcups2 (>= 1.6.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.37.3), libpolkit-gobject-1-0 (>= 0.99)
Filename: pool/main/c/cups-pk-helper/cups-pk-helper_0.2.6-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 52068
MD5sum: 912e30388cb24280c9606e0321b90408
SHA1: cb788e29cea4938305f17e4f08b9602662ffcc7c
SHA256: 7b1027e43a2e05ab172645a2e650267d1ada2e9cd6b908db5d5070a90206ef86
SHA512: 4ccf8b23c8d5cd5dadac10c0d9a6b4d51b0f6844d24135c9f5271cd26be1f623924058192145973531ab457abfe0ca474e9794df944418b8bcfb09115f6baa2b
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/cups-pk-helper
Description-en: PolicyKit helper to configure cups with fine-grained privileges
This package provides a PolicyKit helper to configure cups with
fine-grained privileges. For example, it's possible to let users
enable/disable printers without requiring a password, while still
requiring a password for editing printer settings.
Description-md5: 99cdef8011b592b6ad8076a155343c2c
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi