How to Install hp-ppd software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install hp-ppd software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

hp-ppd software package provides HP Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) files, 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 hp-ppd 

hp-ppd is installed in your system.

Make ensure the hp-ppd package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep hp-ppd *

You will get with hp-ppd package name, version, architecture and description in a table

hp-ppd package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Utilities
Package hp-ppd
Version 0.9ubuntu2+really-0.2
Description HP Postscript Printer Definition (PPD) files
Sub Section Utils


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