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How to manage CUPS in Trident Linux (Void linux) from command line?

CUPS is a very popular open source printing system in most Linux disributions. Normally CUPS is a part of default Trident Linux installation. Let's see, how to work with CUPS in Trident.

Trident Linux uses Runit init system (instead of systemd init system like in most linux distros).

Start CUPS from command line and CHECK

$ sudo sv up cupsd

Now CUPS service is up, let's check it:

$ sudo sv status cupsd

Output:

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Written by Administrator on Sunday April 19, 2020

How to find your linux version in Trident? [with screenshots]

Trident linux is based on Void linux, let's check, how system identifies itself by running different commands (lsb_release, uname etc):

$ lsb_release
LSB Version:    1.0

$ lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    1.0
Distributor ID: VoidLinux
Description:    Void Linux
Release:        rolling
Codename:       void

$ uname -a
Linux Trident 5.4.33_2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 18 14:32:17 UTC 2020 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ cat /etc/*-release
NAME="void"
ID="void"
DISTRIB_ID="void"
PRETTY_NAME="void"

$ cat /proc/version
Linux version 5.4.33_2 (void-buildslave@a-hel-fi) (gcc version 9.3.0 (GCC)) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Apr 18 1

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Written by Administrator on Sunday April 19, 2020

How to remove (uninstall) GParted in Trident Linux (void linux) [with screenshots]

To uninstall GParted utility in Trident Linux we can use default packet manager xbps:

$ sudo xbps-remove gparted

Output:

removing gparted from Trident Linux

dima|~> sudo xbps-remove gparted

Name    Action    Version           New version            Download size
gparted remove    1.1.0_1           -                      - 

Size freed on disk:           7191KB
Space available on disk:       280GB

Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
Removing `gparted-1.1.0_1' ...
Updating GTK+ icon cache for /usr/share/icons/hicolor...
Updating MIME database...
Removed `gparted-1.1.0_1' successfully.

0 downloaded, 0 installed, 0 updated, 0 configured, 1 removed.
dima|~> 

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Written by Administrator on Sunday April 19, 2020