How To Install wsdd2 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
2 minutes • 373 words
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsdd2 on Ubuntu.
What is wsdd2
wsdd2 is:
Web Services on Devices (WSD) is a Microsoft API to simplify programming connections to web service enabled devices, such as Printers, Scanners and File Shares.
This daemon advertises and responds to probe requests from Windows clients looking for File Shares. It also implements LLMNR Multicast name lookup services.
There are three methods to install wsdd2 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install wsdd2 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wsdd2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wsdd2
Install wsdd2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wsdd2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wsdd2
Install wsdd2 Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install wsdd2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wsdd2
How To Uninstall wsdd2 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wsdd2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wsdd2
Uninstall wsdd2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wsdd2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wsdd2
Remove wsdd2 Configurations and Data
To remove wsdd2 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wsdd2
Remove wsdd2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wsdd2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wsdd2
Dependencies
wsdd2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wsdd2 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.