How To Install cups-bsd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-bsd on Kali Linux.

What is cups-bsd

cups-bsd is:

The Common UNIX Printing System (or CUPS(tm)) is a printing system and general replacement for lpr, lpd and the like. It supports the Internet Printing Protocol (IPP), and has its own filtering driver model for handling various document types.

This package provides the BSD commands for interacting with CUPS. It is provided separately to allow CUPS to coexist with other printing systems (to a small degree).

There are three methods to install cups-bsd on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install cups-bsd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-bsd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-bsd

Install cups-bsd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-bsd using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cups-bsd

Install cups-bsd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install cups-bsd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cups-bsd

How To Uninstall cups-bsd on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cups-bsd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cups-bsd

Uninstall cups-bsd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cups-bsd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-bsd

Remove cups-bsd Configurations and Data

To remove cups-bsd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-bsd

Remove cups-bsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cups-bsd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-bsd

Dependencies

cups-bsd have the following dependencies:

• cups-client
• cups-common
• debconf
• libcups2
• libc6

References

• cups-bsd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-bsd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.