How To Install bluez-cups on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-cups on Ubuntu 20.04. bluez-cups is Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-cups on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `bluez-cups`

bluez-cups is:

This package contains a driver to let CUPS print to Bluetooth-connected
printers.

BlueZ is the official Linux Bluetooth protocol stack. It is an Open Source
project distributed under GNU General Public License (GPL).
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Package: bluez-cups
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.53-0ubuntu3.2
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Source: bluez
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Bluetooth team [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 201
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28), cups
Filename: pool/main/b/bluez/bluez-cups_5.53-0ubuntu3.2_amd64.deb
Size: 60228
MD5sum: 3e4f459316ec6d670242a833393cd871
SHA1: de169551cf4a3758deb6112faa49137bb83df3b3
SHA256: 3b151d6030f6ad75ac32e053af9fdd9a1ff7dc67276e57f29f209f47c8c3cb57
SHA512: 43d87ab3463a50207800e24023f5a9c8f400b98c992db89b99d6638e7d6934407b025a4e020ec7fd1f0c73d03f6f4e4c28cc07c21a9676bd33941b120df23c20
Homepage: http://www.bluez.org
Description-en: Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS
This package contains a driver to let CUPS print to Bluetooth-connected
printers.

Package: bluez-cups
Architecture: amd64
Version: 5.53-0ubuntu3
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Source: bluez
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Bluetooth team [email protected]
Original-Maintainer: Debian Bluetooth Maintainers [email protected]
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 201
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libdbus-1-3 (>= 1.9.14), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.28), cups
Filename: pool/main/b/bluez/bluez-cups_5.53-0ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 60152
MD5sum: d7b51f4bff13971621365f11d74d7f64
SHA1: 5ca27d0b0ca1653089d3bea977fce6998b67367e
SHA256: 5932b594eacb92bc5c1e829f26f9613ad3e46ccfb2e1c03535df30368c911182
Homepage: http://www.bluez.org
Description-en: Bluetooth printer driver for CUPS
This package contains a driver to let CUPS print to Bluetooth-connected
printers.

There are three methods to install bluez-cups on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bluez-cups Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bluez-cups

Install bluez-cups Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bluez-cups

Install bluez-cups 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 bluez-cups using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bluez-cups

How To Uninstall bluez-cups on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the bluez-cups package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bluez-cups

Uninstall bluez-cups And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bluez-cups and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bluez-cups

Remove bluez-cups Configurations and Data

To remove bluez-cups configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bluez-cups

Remove bluez-cups configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bluez-cups

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bluez-cups package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.