How To Install ink on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ink on Debian 9.
What is ink
ink is:
Ink is a command line tool based on libinklevel5 to check ink level of your local printer.
Printers of Canon, Epson, HP and Sony are supported. Complete list can be found at README.Debian of libinklevel5 package.
There are three methods to install ink on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ink Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ink using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ink
Install ink Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ink using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ink
Install ink Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ink using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ink
How To Uninstall ink on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ink package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ink
Uninstall ink And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ink and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ink
Remove ink Configurations and Data
To remove ink configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ink
Remove ink configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ink configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ink
Dependencies
ink have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ink package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.