How to Install and Uninstall cups Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 16,2024

1. Install "cups" package

Please follow the steps below to install cups on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall cups on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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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 package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: cups
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.6-0ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: net
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1023
Depends: cups-client (>= 2.4.6-0ubuntu3), cups-common (>= 2.4.6-0ubuntu3), cups-core-drivers (>= 2.4.6-0ubuntu3), cups-daemon (>= 2.4.6-0ubuntu3), cups-filters, cups-ppdc, cups-server-common (>= 2.4.6-0ubuntu3), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, ghostscript, libcups2 (= 2.4.6-0ubuntu3), poppler-utils, procps, libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.38), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.3.1), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.16)
Recommends: avahi-daemon, colord
Suggests: cups-bsd, cups-pdf, foomatic-db-compressed-ppds | foomatic-db, smbclient, udev
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/cups_2.4.6-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 292828
MD5sum: 75a8ad5e50384922122a2fca42beb051
SHA1: 545ee24de9fba9eadd56ad3ee8ecd40070429706
SHA256: 00fb1c45bacda14295bf341563fc3f0806fa38587faeec395e0147a33eea6e06
SHA512: dcf6bee4666cb72ca92e3b1950ce638ceaf05edd0a80915414bcab093844626d1852e76524899b7c8609bf73ff2bd05d53e5424177264d148c6e473ab0a0a893
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/
Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface
Description-md5: 757338adad655b8f7da62fcd23ed6453
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-minimal, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-unity-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop, ubuntucinnamon-desktop-raspi