How to Install and Uninstall openprinting-ppds Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "openprinting-ppds" package

This is a short guide on how to install openprinting-ppds on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "openprinting-ppds" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall openprinting-ppds on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 openprinting-ppds package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: openprinting-ppds
Priority: optional
Section: text
Installed-Size: 4576
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Group
Architecture: all
Source: foomatic-db
Version: 20160212-0ubuntu1
Depends: python3, xz-utils
Recommends: cups-filters (>= 1.0.42) | foomatic-filters, cups, cups-client
Suggests: hpijs-ppds
Breaks: cups (<< 1.5.0-3~)
Filename: pool/main/f/foomatic-db/openprinting-ppds_20160212-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 3562758
MD5sum: 1a2643b909dce3723aec48fbeec02350
SHA1: f2a2408378644060f4a6663788905d2c116b2963
SHA256: c25d7fe229a1cc38bd0101b2f053c396f921b4d1f76197fe16eca6ae2821c7a9
Description-en: OpenPrinting printer support - PostScript PPD files
This package includes a collection of free PostScript Printer Description
files for PostScript (and clone) printers from various manufacturers, as
distributed by OpenPrinting.
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If you have non-PostScript printers, the foomatic-db-compressed-ppds (or
foomatic-db and foomatic-db-engine), hplip and the
printer-driver-* packages are the ones you need; this package
won't be of much help to you.
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Some manufacturers distribute PPD files for their printers under
non-free licenses; those are not included in this package, but may be
available from the manufacturer's website, included on a CD or
other media with the printer, or downloadable from the OpenPrinting
web site (even automatically if the printer setup tool supports it).
Description-md5: 5f4d24bd02d698551c18a407d5e83c3a
Homepage: http://www.openprinting.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-usb, print-server, kubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-desktop, edubuntu-usb, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, mythbuntu-desktop, lubuntu-core, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntu-gnome-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-mate-cloudtop