How To Install printrun-common on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install printrun-common on Ubuntu.

What is `printrun-common`

printrun-common is:

Printrun is a full suite of host interfaces for 3D printers and CNC, consisting of:

printcore, a standalone non-interactive G-Code sender
pronsole, an interactive command-line host
pronterface, a graphical host software with the same functionality as pronsole

Together with Slic3r they form a powerful 3d printing toolchain.

This package contains all common and architecture-independent files for all suite components.

There are three methods to install printrun-common on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install printrun-common Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install printrun-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install printrun-common

Install printrun-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install printrun-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install printrun-common

Install printrun-common Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install printrun-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install printrun-common

How To Uninstall printrun-common on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the printrun-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove printrun-common

Uninstall printrun-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall printrun-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove printrun-common

Remove printrun-common Configurations and Data

To remove printrun-common configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge printrun-common

Remove printrun-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove printrun-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printrun-common

Dependencies

printrun-common have the following dependencies:

References

printrun-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install printrun-common package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.