Retention of packages, i never installed a printer ...

keos · 2017-06-27 17:18:39

During installation i did not add any packages for a printer system since I haven’t a printer.

While updating the system today ... there is a retention of these packages:

python3-cupshelpers system-config-printer system-config-printer-common
system-config-printer-udev

Then I checked in the synaptic and I found too many packages related to the printer system.

How can I remove all the printer packages of the system from the command line?.

Thank you.

greenjeans · 2017-06-27 19:44:59

keos wrote:

How can I remove all the printer packages of the system from the command line?.

Any reason you didn't just uninstall them while you were in Synaptic?

keos · 2017-06-28 12:36:17

Well, i wasn't sure about it, there are many packages relater to 'printer' ... i removed somes of them, till now the update is ok, i did my best ...

greenjeans · 2017-06-29 19:28:51

keos wrote:

Well, i wasn't sure about it, there are many packages relater to 'printer' ... i removed somes of them, till now the update is ok, i did my best ...

Did you ever figure this out? Synaptic is pretty handy when trying to figure out what you do and don't need.

The system-config-printer stuff can definitely go, that's just a helper gui for configging printers. Once you uninstall that there will likely be other packages that pop up as "autoremoveable", you can uninstall those too. A search on "cups" will list everything cups-related and you can get rid of most if not all of that, search "printer drivers" and uninstall those too.

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#1 2017-06-27 17:18:39

Retention of packages, i never installed a printer ...

#2 2017-06-27 19:44:59

Re: Retention of packages, i never installed a printer ...

#3 2017-06-28 12:36:17

Re: Retention of packages, i never installed a printer ...

#4 2017-06-29 19:28:51

Re: Retention of packages, i never installed a printer ...

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