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

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

cups-ppdc software package provides Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD manipulation utilities, 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-ppdc 

cups-ppdc is installed in your system.

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

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

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

cups-ppdc package basic information:

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


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