How To Install foomatic-filters on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install foomatic-filters on Kali Linux.
What is foomatic-filters
foomatic-filters is:
Foomatic is a printer database designed to make it easier to set up common printers for use with UNIX-like operating systems. It provides the “glue” between a print spooler (like CUPS or lpr) and the printer, by processing files sent to the printer.
This package consists of filters used by the printer spoolers to convert the incoming PostScript data into the printer’s native format using a printer-specific, but spooler-independent PPD file.
For use with CUPS, you will need both the cups and cups-client packages installed on your system.
There are three methods to install foomatic-filters 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-filters Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install foomatic-filters using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install foomatic-filtersInstall foomatic-filters Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install foomatic-filters using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install foomatic-filtersInstall foomatic-filters 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install foomatic-filters using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install foomatic-filtersHow To Uninstall foomatic-filters on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the foomatic-filters package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove foomatic-filtersUninstall foomatic-filters And Its Dependencies
To uninstall foomatic-filters and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove foomatic-filtersRemove foomatic-filters Configurations and Data
To remove foomatic-filters configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge foomatic-filtersRemove foomatic-filters configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove foomatic-filters configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge foomatic-filtersDependencies
foomatic-filters have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install foomatic-filters package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.