Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install hpijs-ppds
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is hpijs-ppds
hpijs-ppds is:
This package contains PPD (printer definition) files for the
printers supported through the HP Linux Printing and Imaging
System HPIJS driver.
These PPDs should work well with the matching versions of HPLIP
and HPIJS, but may not be the most up-to-date PPDs available for
a given printer. See http://www.openprinting.org/ for the latest
version of the PPDs (which are not guaranteed to work well).
There are three methods to install hpijs-ppds
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 hpijs-ppds Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install hpijs-ppds
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install hpijs-ppds
Install hpijs-ppds Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install hpijs-ppds
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install hpijs-ppds
Install hpijs-ppds 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 hpijs-ppds
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install hpijs-ppds
How To Uninstall hpijs-ppds on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the hpijs-ppds
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove hpijs-ppds
Uninstall hpijs-ppds And Its Dependencies
To uninstall hpijs-ppds
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove hpijs-ppds
Remove hpijs-ppds Configurations and Data
To remove hpijs-ppds
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge hpijs-ppds
Remove hpijs-ppds configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove hpijs-ppds
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hpijs-ppds
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install hpijs-ppds
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.