How To Install foomatic-db on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install foomatic-db on Kali Linux.

What is foomatic-db

foomatic-db is:

Foomatic is a printing system designed to make it easier to set up common printers for use with Debian (and other operating systems). It provides the “glue” between a print spooler (like CUPS or lpr) and your actual printer, by telling your computer how to process files sent to the printer.

This package contains the printer database distributed by OpenPrinting for most common drivers. You will probably need the foomatic-db-engine package for this package to be useful.

There are three methods to install foomatic-db 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 foomatic-db Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install foomatic-db

Install foomatic-db Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install foomatic-db

Install foomatic-db 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 foomatic-db using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install foomatic-db

How To Uninstall foomatic-db on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the foomatic-db package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove foomatic-db

Uninstall foomatic-db And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove foomatic-db

Remove foomatic-db Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge foomatic-db

Remove foomatic-db configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foomatic-db

Dependencies

foomatic-db have the following dependencies:

References

• foomatic-db website

Summary

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