How to Install cups software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

How to Install cups software package in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin)

cups software package provides Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

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

cups is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cups *

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

cups package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin
Section Network
Package cups
Version 1.5.3-0ubuntu8.7 [amd64, i386]
Description Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - server
Sub Section Net


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