cups-genppdupdate command not found
Introduction
When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message
cups-genppdupdate: command not found
or when using sudo you get the following error message
sudo: cups-genppdupdate: command not found
Solutions to cups-genppdupdate: command not found
How To Fix cups-genppdupdate: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian
In Ubuntu cups-genppdupdate is provided by printer-driver-gutenprint package.
printer-driver-gutenprint is:
This package includes a CUPS driver based on Gutenprint.
The CUPS drivers contain all of the files needed to support photo-quality printing on any printer supported by Gutenprint. You can find out more about the Common UNIX Printing System (“CUPS”), an IPP-based printing system for UNIX/Linux, at:
Gutenprint is the print facility for the GIMP, and in addition a suite of drivers that may be used with common UNIX spooling systems using GhostScript or CUPS. These drivers provide printing quality for UNIX/Linux on a par with proprietary vendor-supplied drivers in many cases, and can be used for many of the most demanding printing tasks. Gutenprint was formerly known as Gimp-Print.
To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-gutenprint
This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.
You can also use apt command to install printer-driver-gutenprint.
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-gutenprint
Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.
sudo aptitude install printer-driver-gutenprint
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to fix cups-genppdupdate command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.