Installing CUPS on Alpine Linux Latest

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.

Step 1: Update Package Repository

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.

Step 2: Install CUPS

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.

Step 3: Start CUPS Service

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.

Step 4: Configure CUPS

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.

Step 5: Stop CUPS Service

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.

Conclusion

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.