How to Install and Uninstall cups-daemon Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cups-daemon" package

This tutorial shows how to install cups-daemon on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cups-daemon on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: cups-daemon
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2
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: 953
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.54~)
Depends: adduser, bc, libcups2 (= 2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2), lsb-base, procps, ssl-cert, libapparmor1 (>= 2.7.0~beta1+bzr1772), libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.34), 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 (>= 2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2), cups-common (>= 2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2), cups-filters, cups-pdf, cups-ppdc, cups-server-common (>= 2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2), 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_2.3.3op2-7ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 330466
MD5sum: c8480d00714f1767f0e42eb6fc729dca
SHA1: f403edb8c072b706391872023a1574f7fc201fa7
SHA256: 813d58b2af1ad0a378291e72ff4e35af5b784efc481b48d43a25aed5f4545850
SHA512: b6a1db5842540c0101f79b7ee3a62775e0c08889532342b0631702aeec5af35bc4fd7f3ed06725fae59712bb0411611a0a3ba379d03c5a7ff4b83ac727da97b5
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