How To Install qprint on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qprint on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 qprint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qprint

How To Uninstall qprint on Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qprint

Remove qprint Configurations and Data

To remove qprint configuration and data from Kali Linux 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:

• libc6

References

• qprint website

Summary

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