How to Install and Uninstall a2ps Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 21,2024

You can also install and uninstall the a2ps on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "a2ps" package

Please follow the steps below to install a2ps on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "a2ps" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall a2ps on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 a2ps package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: a2ps
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:4.14-7
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3656
Depends: file, psutils, libc6 (>= 2.33), libpaper1
Recommends: bzip2, lpr | rlpr | cups-client, wdiff
Suggests: emacsen-common, ghostscript, graphicsmagick-imagemagick-compat | imagemagick, groff, gv, html2ps, t1-cyrillic, texlive-base-bin
Filename: pool/universe/a/a2ps/a2ps_4.14-7_amd64.deb
Size: 612532
MD5sum: c665ba153920511aef906a9c2923b3e7
SHA1: 71f2ba518fedbeca51f8436298dedd1313273a45
SHA256: 1e0e9cb9876da4c7ef6970cf7fe4f8ded1bc3878f23a35e8eecffdaede0ba100
SHA512: 8e1134f2c8555814a470aab568c25bb1fdc451daa307360ea5a534415772e4e873caa270caaef2bf2e8656b65224b403c24f6b2671232926ccc862da59d6acc8
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/a2ps/
Description: GNU a2ps - 'Anything to PostScript' converter and pretty-printer
Description-md5: 732bd45324c6fce1aa914b7b0167c68a