How To Install printer-driver-ptouch on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-ptouch on Kali Linux. printer-driver-ptouch is printer driver Brother P-touch label printers

Introduction

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

What is printer-driver-ptouch

printer-driver-ptouch is:

The ptouch driver is an open source driver for the Brother P-touch label printers, from the QL-* and PT-* series.

There are three methods to install printer-driver-ptouch 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-ptouch 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-ptouch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-ptouch

Install printer-driver-ptouch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install printer-driver-ptouch

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

sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-ptouch

How To Uninstall printer-driver-ptouch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-ptouch

Uninstall printer-driver-ptouch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-ptouch

Remove printer-driver-ptouch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-ptouch

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-ptouch

Dependencies

printer-driver-ptouch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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