Removing the printer drivers package

A system administrator can remove the printer drivers package using the utilities in the table below.

Depending on your operating system, mark the printer drivers package for removal after you start the program. You can also type the names of the printer drivers package you want to remove from the command line. For more information, see the documentation that came with your operating system.

Operating system

Package removal tool

HP-UX 11.31

smh

HP-UX 11.23 (and below)

sam

IBM AIX

smit

RedHat Linux

rpm -e

Linspire Linux

Debian GNU/Linux

dpkg -r

Sun Solaris

pkgrm


  1. If you are using Sun Solaris or an HP-UX system, remove the menu links by running the following utilities and selecting Remove before uninstalling the package:

    # /usr/genprint/bin/cde_menu_utility.sh
  2. If you are using Sun Solaris, run the uninstall script to remove symbolic links created during installation.

    Note: You must unlink the files before uninstalling the package.
    # /opt/printer/GENPrtDrv.unlink