How To Install libcups2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcups2 on Kali Linux.

What is libcups2

libcups2 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 the base shared libraries for CUPS.

There are three methods to install libcups2 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 libcups2 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libcups2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libcups2

Install libcups2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libcups2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libcups2

Install libcups2 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 libcups2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libcups2

How To Uninstall libcups2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libcups2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libcups2

Uninstall libcups2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libcups2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libcups2

Remove libcups2 Configurations and Data

To remove libcups2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libcups2

Remove libcups2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libcups2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libcups2

Dependencies

libcups2 have the following dependencies:

• libavahi-client3
• libavahi-common3
• libc6
• libgnutls30
• libgssapi-krb5-2
• zlib1g

References

• libcups2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libcups2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.