How to Install and Uninstall printer-driver-all Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "printer-driver-all" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install printer-driver-all on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "printer-driver-all" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall printer-driver-all 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 printer-driver-all package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: printer-driver-all
Priority: optional
Section: universe/text
Installed-Size: 8
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Printing Team
Architecture: all
Source: printing-metas
Version: 0.20140714build1
Recommends: printer-driver-brlaser, printer-driver-c2050, printer-driver-c2esp, printer-driver-cjet, printer-driver-dymo, printer-driver-escpr, printer-driver-foo2zjs, printer-driver-gutenprint, printer-driver-hpcups, printer-driver-hpijs, printer-driver-m2300w, printer-driver-min12xxw, printer-driver-pnm2ppa, printer-driver-postscript-hp, printer-driver-ptouch, printer-driver-pxljr, printer-driver-sag-gdi, printer-driver-splix
Filename: pool/universe/p/printing-metas/printer-driver-all_0.20140714build1_all.deb
Size: 2212
MD5sum: 085d1c7189eb17fb95068bbac76a3f98
SHA1: be08bdc22b7d101bfb691725877c794e1f2c6d21
SHA256: 4c1ec48515369816bb004dca4f1556b7657378c49305b22762e6fe4b54ea9add
Description-en: printer drivers metapackage
This package recommends all printer driver packages, which can be
individually removed.
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It does not provide any printer driver itself.
Description-md5: abf2f68b9d7898d7cea5c76b1fefcbd0
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu