How to Install cups-pdf software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

How to Install cups-pdf software package in Debian 9 (Stretch)

cups-pdf software package provides PDF writer backend for CUPS (dummy transitional package), you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cups-pdf 

cups-pdf is installed in your system.

Make ensure the cups-pdf package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cups-pdf *

You will get with cups-pdf package name, version, architecture and description in a table

cups-pdf package basic information:

Distro Debian 9 stretch
Section Old Libraries
Package cups-pdf
Version 2.6.1-21
Description PDF writer backend for CUPS (dummy transitional package)
Sub Section Oldlibs


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cups-pdf software package from Debian 9 (Stretch)?