How to Install and Uninstall libcups2 Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "libcups2" package

This is a short guide on how to install libcups2 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libcups2
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libcups2" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall libcups2 on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libcups2
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libcups2 package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: libcups2
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.4.6-0ubuntu3
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: libs
Source: cups
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 690
Depends: libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.38), libgnutls30 (>= 3.8.1), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), zlib1g (>= 1:1.2.0)
Suggests: cups-common
Filename: pool/main/c/cups/libcups2_2.4.6-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 269446
MD5sum: c37f335eee790c85c50be813123abab2
SHA1: dd29b4c8dda045f38d0da99069fd0c6ca992daac
SHA256: 6d0b953fd5344e16649e16eb1ea093e001436037a55e9f016d2f73b08f882cb6
SHA512: fadd5556f3bed22c17f554e02a459a9b8da5b22f408bdb0b72fbeb4eccfef4570d9ca60cd269be5e4ce62f57614ce8729ce3d3fa513255cb3d542b68355b3de3
Homepage: https://github.com/OpenPrinting/cups/
Description: Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - Core library
Description-md5: cce9961cb86712146cb19e1b4636f79d
Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, samba-server, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, ubuntu-wsl, 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