How To Install lpr on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lpr
on Kali Linux.
What is lpr
lpr is:
This is the BSD printer spooler and associated utilities. You can use this for local and remote printers.
If you install magicfilter or apsfilter (along with ghostscript), lpr will be able to automatically handle special file types (such as Postscript and PDF files).
There are three methods to install lpr
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 lpr Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lpr
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lpr
Install lpr Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lpr
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lpr
Install lpr 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 lpr
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lpr
How To Uninstall lpr on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the lpr
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lpr
Uninstall lpr And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lpr
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lpr
Remove lpr Configurations and Data
To remove lpr
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lpr
Remove lpr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lpr
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lpr
Dependencies
lpr have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lpr
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.