To install the CUPS software from the package manager available in the control center, click on Install Software. This will launch the package manager for software installation as shown in the following screenshot. Here, we have used the rpmdrake package manager of Mandriva (originally Mandrake) Distribution. The rpmdrake is a simple graphical frontend to manage software packages on a Mandriva Linux system. You can see the options for installation, removal and updation of software packages.
You can select the package that you want to install. The package can be selected by one of the following three options:
1. Search by choices
2. List by alphabetical order
3. All packages by group
Further, you should perform following steps to search for the desired package, cups:
Leave as default and enter the name of the application
Click on the Search button
On the search result, click on the correct package