How To Install cups-common on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-common
on Kali Linux.
What is cups-common
cups-common is:
The Common UNIX Printing System (or CUPS(tm)) is a printing system and general replacement for 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 common files for CUPS server and client packages.
There are three methods to install cups-common
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-common 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-common
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cups-common
Install cups-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cups-common
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cups-common
Install cups-common 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-common
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cups-common
How To Uninstall cups-common on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cups-common
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cups-common
Uninstall cups-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cups-common
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-common
Remove cups-common Configurations and Data
To remove cups-common
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cups-common
Remove cups-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cups-common
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-common
Dependencies
cups-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-common
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.