How to Install and Uninstall kprinter4 Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "kprinter4" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install kprinter4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                kprinter4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "kprinter4" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall kprinter4 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                kprinter4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the kprinter4 package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: kprinter4
Priority: optional
Section: universe/kde
Installed-Size: 309
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Marco Nelles
Architecture: amd64
Version: 12-1
Depends: kde-runtime, libc6 (>= 2.14), libkdecore5 (>= 4:4.4.0), libkdeui5 (>= 4:4.3.4), libkio5 (>= 4:4.3.4), libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3), libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1), libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.7.0~beta1), libspectre1 (>= 0.2.3), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), psutils, ghostscript
Filename: pool/universe/k/kprinter4/kprinter4_12-1_amd64.deb
Size: 66278
MD5sum: 1671ed25a53488a9b790877ad5ffc434
SHA1: d0ba33d88ba2b58d0dfdda8a7c9cc05153112362
SHA256: 36e8fb70884c4c2521785c45ea73fe9697924a0c85b9268e5a7b7314acde64cd
Description-en: Simple PostScript document printer
Kprinter4 is a simple stand-alone document printer modelled after the KDE4
print dialog. It can be used in place of /bin/lpr in order to better control
the print setup of legacy applications.
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Features include:
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* Printing PostScript documents with KDE4 print dialog
* Scaling and positioning of documents
* Poster printing
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Kprinter4 is the successor of the KDE3-based kprinter application.
Description-md5: 64f2ce150df8b2aba8488035b1e4c0b8
Homepage: https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/utils/kprinter4
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu