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

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

cups-client software package provides Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - client programs (SysV), 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-client 

cups-client is installed in your system.

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

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

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

cups-client package basic information:

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


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