How To Install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common on Kali Linux.

What is printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

printer-driver-foo2zjs-common is:

foo2zjs is an open source printer driver for printers that use the Zenographics ZjStream wire protocol for their print data, such as the Minolta magicolor 2200/2300/2430 DL, Minolta Color PageWorks/Pro L and HP LaserJet 1000/1005/1018/1020/1022. These printers are often erroneously referred to as “winprinters” or “GDI printers”.

This package contains the architecture-independent files for printer-driver-foo2zjs.

There are three methods to install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common 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 printer-driver-foo2zjs-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

Install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

Install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common 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 printer-driver-foo2zjs-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

How To Uninstall printer-driver-foo2zjs-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the printer-driver-foo2zjs-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

Uninstall printer-driver-foo2zjs-common And Its Dependencies

To uninstall printer-driver-foo2zjs-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

Remove printer-driver-foo2zjs-common Configurations and Data

To remove printer-driver-foo2zjs-common configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

Remove printer-driver-foo2zjs-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-foo2zjs-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-foo2zjs-common

Dependencies

printer-driver-foo2zjs-common have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• printer-driver-foo2zjs-common website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-foo2zjs-common package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.