How to Install cups-pdf software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install cups-pdf software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

cups-pdf software package provides PDF writer backend for CUPS (dummy transitional package), you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) 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 Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Graphics
Package cups-pdf
Version 2.6.1-21
Description PDF writer backend for CUPS (dummy transitional package)
Sub Section Graphics


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cups-pdf software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?