How to Install and Uninstall cups-pk-helper Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "cups-pk-helper" package

Please follow the instructions below to install cups-pk-helper on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall cups-pk-helper on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cups-pk-helper
Priority: extra
Section: gnome
Installed-Size: 292
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Guido Günther
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.2.5-2ubuntu2
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_0.2.5-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 46252
MD5sum: 57466d0591f7cb87ea2952b8afb9f721
SHA1: 4bf4db9e47bd1553ba8013cc635560554ac9f73b
SHA256: 62e6552058e1b30240de57f49eedad3cb53a96b82a633b59274500a36c8da300
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
Homepage: http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/cups-pk-helper
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop