i tried using apt-get remove cupsd but i found traces of it in different locations and it is still running and listening. how can i rip it completely from my machine? is it possible to remove the dpkg for cups?i am using mint 17Linux user-virtual-machine 3.13.0-24-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Thu Apr 10 19:08:14 UTC 2014 i686 i686 i686 GNU/Linuxvirtual-machine # netstat -an | more    unix  2      [ ACC ]     STREAM     LISTENING     15350    /var/run/cups/cups.sockvirtual-machine # netstat -tulpn    tcp        0      0 127.0.0.1:631           0.0.0.0:*               LISTEN      2711/cupsd      tcp6       0      0 ::1:631                 :::*                    LISTEN      2711/cupsd # find / -name cups/run/cups/etc/ufw/applications.d/cups/etc/init.d/cups/etc/default/cups/etc/cups/usr/lib/cups/usr/share/doc/cups/usr/share/linuxmint/common/artwork/cups/usr/share/doc-base/cups/usr/share/cups/var/spool/cups/var/lib/doc-base/omf/cups/var/lib/doc-base/documents/cups/var/log/cups/var/cache/cups# apt-cache pkgnames cupscups-driver-gutenprintcups-core-driverscups-pdfcups-bsdcupscups-commoncups-pk-helpercups-backend-bjnpcups-filterscups-server-commoncups-dbgcups-tea4cupscups-ppdccups-browsedcups-filters-core-driverscups-daemoncups-client
remove cupsd completly?
linux mint;package management;cups
To list all of your installed packages which match 'cups', rundpkg -l | grep cupsThen just remove them with apt-get remove.Even after that, there could be some cups processes running. A simple reboot will eliminate them (an alternative would be to manually kill them).