I never print stuff, never did.
It seems to me that some "print" related packages are somehow necessary regardless.
For example, would this be safe to do? The option to then remove "ubuntu-desktop-minimal*" it's kind of suspicious to me.
$ sudo apt remove --purge ghostscript -V
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
cups-core-drivers (2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.3)
cups-daemon (2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.3)
cups-filters-core-drivers (2.0.0-0ubuntu4)
cups-ipp-utils (2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.3)
cups-server-common (2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.3)
hplip-data (3.23.12+dfsg0-0ubuntu5)
libcupsimage2t64 (2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.3)
libhpmud0 (3.23.12+dfsg0-0ubuntu5)
libimagequant0 (2.18.0-1build1)
liblouisutdml-bin (2.12.0-3.1build1)
liblouisutdml-data (2.12.0-3.1build1)
liblouisutdml9t64 (2.12.0-3.1build1)
libraqm0 (0.10.1-1build1)
libsane-hpaio (3.23.12+dfsg0-0ubuntu5)
printer-driver-postscript-hp (3.23.12+dfsg0-0ubuntu5)
python3-netifaces (0.11.0-2build3)
python3-olefile (0.46-3)
python3-pexpect (4.9-2)
python3-pil (10.2.0-1ubuntu1)
python3-ptyprocess (0.7.0-5)
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following additional packages will be installed:
foomatic-filters (4.0.17-16)
Recommended packages:
ghostscript (10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4)
paps (0.6.8-7.2build1)
| cups (2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.3)
| enscript (1.6.5.90-3.1)
| a2ps (1:4.15.5-2)
The following packages will be REMOVED
bluez-cups* (5.72-0ubuntu5)
cups* (2.4.7-1.2ubuntu7.3)
cups-filters* (2.0.0-0ubuntu4)
ghostscript* (10.02.1~dfsg1-0ubuntu7.4)
hplip* (3.23.12+dfsg0-0ubuntu5)
printer-driver-hpcups* (3.23.12+dfsg0-0ubuntu5)
printer-driver-pnm2ppa* (1.13+nondbs-0ubuntu10)
printer-driver-ptouch* (1.7-1build2)
printer-driver-sag-gdi* (0.1-8)
printer-driver-splix* (2.0.0+svn315-7fakesync1ubuntu1)
ubuntu-desktop-minimal* (1.539.1)
The following NEW packages will be installed
foomatic-filters (4.0.17-16)
0 to upgrade, 1 to newly install, 11 to remove and 11 not to upgrade.
Need to get 92.2 kB of archives.
After this operation, 5,697 kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n]
