How To Install cups-ppdc on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is cups-ppdc

cups-ppdc 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 utilities to generate and manipulate PPD files.

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

sudo apt-get -y install cups-ppdc

Install cups-ppdc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cups-ppdc

Install cups-ppdc 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-ppdc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cups-ppdc

How To Uninstall cups-ppdc on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cups-ppdc

Uninstall cups-ppdc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cups-ppdc

Remove cups-ppdc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cups-ppdc

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

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

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

Dependencies

cups-ppdc have the following dependencies:

• cups-common
• libc6
• libcups2
• libgcc-s1
• libstdc++6

References

• cups-ppdc website

Summary

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