How To Install qprint on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qprint on Debian 9.
What is qprint
qprint is:
Qprint is a command-line program that can encode or decode files from/to quoted-printable encoding (RFC1521). It can work with both text and binary data.
There are three methods to install qprint 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 qprint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qprint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qprint
Install qprint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qprint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qprint
Install qprint 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 qprint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qprint
How To Uninstall qprint on Debian 9
To uninstall only the qprint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qprint
Uninstall qprint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qprint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qprint
Remove qprint Configurations and Data
To remove qprint configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qprint
Remove qprint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qprint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qprint
Dependencies
qprint have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qprint package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.