How to Install cups software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

How to Install cups software package in Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)

cups software package provides Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install cups 

cups is installed in your system.

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

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep cups *

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

cups package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 10 yakkety yak
Section Network
Package cups
Version 2.2.0-2
Description Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - PPD/driver support, web interface
Sub Section Net


See Also, How to uninstall or remove cups software package from Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak)?