How To Install gtklp on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gtklp on Kali Linux.

What is gtklp

gtklp is:

GtkLP lets you print files under the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS). Written in GTK+ 2.0 and for the GNOME desktop environment, it supports multiple option settings for each printer it knows, with all the standard CUPS options available.

Other features include localized dialogs for several languages, as well as multiple interfaces; with a little more effort, you can use GtkLP as a drop-in replacement for `lp'.

There are three methods to install gtklp 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 gtklp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gtklp

Install gtklp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gtklp using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gtklp

Install gtklp 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 gtklp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gtklp

How To Uninstall gtklp on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gtklp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gtklp

Uninstall gtklp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gtklp

Remove gtklp Configurations and Data

To remove gtklp configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gtklp

Remove gtklp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gtklp

Dependencies

gtklp have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libcups2
• libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• libx11-6

References

• gtklp website

Summary

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