How To Install system-config-printer-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 system-config-printer-common on Ubuntu.

What is `system-config-printer-common`

system-config-printer-common is:

System-config-printer is a GUI written in Python using GTK+ to configure a CUPS server. Its primary use is to configure the printing system on the local host, but can also be used to setup a remote printer.

In terms of features, it aims to be as complete as the CUPS web administration tool, while being integrated to the desktop.

This package contains the backend and the translation files for system-config-printer

There are three methods to install system-config-printer-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 system-config-printer-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 system-config-printer-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install system-config-printer-common

Install system-config-printer-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install system-config-printer-common

Install system-config-printer-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 system-config-printer-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install system-config-printer-common

How To Uninstall system-config-printer-common on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the system-config-printer-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove system-config-printer-common

Uninstall system-config-printer-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-config-printer-common

Remove system-config-printer-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge system-config-printer-common

Remove system-config-printer-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-config-printer-common

Dependencies

system-config-printer-common have the following dependencies:

References

system-config-printer-common website

Summary

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