How To Install printer-driver-m2300w on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-m2300w on Kali Linux.
What is printer-driver-m2300w
printer-driver-m2300w is:
The m2300w driver is a driver for the Konica Minolta magicolor 2300W and 2400W color laser printers.
The driver is basically intended for being used in conjunction with “foomatic” (see http://www.openprinting.org/foomatic.html), which is a database-driven system for integrating free software printer drivers with common spoolers under Unix, like CUPS, LPRng, LPD, GNUlpr, PPR, PDQ, CPS, and direct printing.
There are three methods to install printer-driver-m2300w 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-m2300w Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-m2300w using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-m2300wInstall printer-driver-m2300w Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-m2300w using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install printer-driver-m2300wInstall printer-driver-m2300w 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 printer-driver-m2300w using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-m2300wHow To Uninstall printer-driver-m2300w on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the printer-driver-m2300w package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-m2300wUninstall printer-driver-m2300w And Its Dependencies
To uninstall printer-driver-m2300w and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-m2300wRemove printer-driver-m2300w Configurations and Data
To remove printer-driver-m2300w configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-m2300wRemove printer-driver-m2300w configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-m2300w configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-m2300wDependencies
printer-driver-m2300w have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-m2300w package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
