How To Install system-config-printer-udev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install system-config-printer-udev on Kali Linux.

What is system-config-printer-udev

system-config-printer-udev is:

These utilities allow one to detect automatically printers using UDEV when they are plugged on the system. They are then configured automatically in the CUPS printing daemon and made available to users.

There are three methods to install system-config-printer-udev 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 system-config-printer-udev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install system-config-printer-udev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install system-config-printer-udev

Install system-config-printer-udev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install system-config-printer-udev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install system-config-printer-udev

Install system-config-printer-udev 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 system-config-printer-udev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install system-config-printer-udev

How To Uninstall system-config-printer-udev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the system-config-printer-udev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove system-config-printer-udev

Uninstall system-config-printer-udev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove system-config-printer-udev

Remove system-config-printer-udev Configurations and Data

To remove system-config-printer-udev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge system-config-printer-udev

Remove system-config-printer-udev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge system-config-printer-udev

Dependencies

system-config-printer-udev have the following dependencies:

• python3

References

• system-config-printer-udev website

Summary

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