How To Install cups-core-drivers on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cups-core-drivers on Kali Linux. cups-core-drivers is Common UNIX Printing System(tm) - driverless printing

Introduction

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

What is cups-core-drivers

cups-core-drivers 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 the parts of CUPS which are needed for driverless printing on IPP printers with common data formats.

There are three methods to install cups-core-drivers 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-core-drivers 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-core-drivers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cups-core-drivers

Install cups-core-drivers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cups-core-drivers

Install cups-core-drivers 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-core-drivers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cups-core-drivers

How To Uninstall cups-core-drivers on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cups-core-drivers

Uninstall cups-core-drivers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-core-drivers

Remove cups-core-drivers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-core-drivers

Remove cups-core-drivers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cups-core-drivers

Dependencies

cups-core-drivers have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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