CUPS (Common Unix Printing System) is an open source printing system available for Unix and Unix-like operating systems. In this tutorial, we'll show you how to install CUPS on Alpine Linux Latest.
Before we start, we need to update the package repository. Open a terminal window and run the following command:
sudo apk update
This command will update the package repository to the latest available version.
To install CUPS, run the following command:
sudo apk add cups
This will download and install CUPS on your system. During the installation process, you will be prompted to install additional dependencies. Press y to continue with the installation.
By default, CUPS service is not started after installation. To start the CUPS service, run the following command:
sudo rc-service cupsd start
This command will start the CUPS service on your system.
Now that CUPS is installed and running on your system, you can configure it by accessing the web interface. Open a web browser and enter the following URL: http://localhost:631/
The web interface will prompt you to enter your username and password. Enter your root username and password to log in.
Once logged in, you can add new printers, configure printer settings, and manage print jobs.
To stop the CUPS service, run the following command:
sudo rc-service cupsd stop
This command will stop the CUPS service running on your system.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install CUPS on Alpine Linux Latest. To summarize, we updated the package repository, installed CUPS, started the CUPS service, configured CUPS through the web interface, and finally stopped the CUPS service.
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