[KLUG Members] lpr and cups wrapper install problem

[Eric Beversluis]

On Thu, 2006-08-03 at 10:27 -0400, Peter Bart wrote:
> Hello All,
> 	I have a Brother DCP7020 printer/scanner that I am trying to
> install the lpr driver and the cups wrapper on my SUSE 10.0
> distribution installed on and IBM T30. I've downloaded the rpm's
> and tried to install them with YAST. YAST told me the
> installation source was not refreshed. I was told by Novell they
> didn't know how to solve that. STFW revealed lots of similar
> problems. I did go to the YAST control center, installation
> source and found the directory's listed but was unable to refresh
> any except the SUSE Linux entry with the url of cd:///. Okay, I
> can go to software management from the YAST control center, click
> the filter to package groups and then scroll all the way down
> where i find an entry called utilities with both the lpr and cups
> wrapper listed with the lpr package with a padlock icon. So the
> lpr is installed?? However when I try to install the cups wrapper
> YAST tells me i have a dependency conflict, that
> cupswrapperDCP7020 requires lpr. Okay, so I'll venture into the
> land of command line, start a root terminal, change to the proper
> directory and install lpr. Then I try for the cups wrapper and
> this is what I get:
> 
> 
> > linux:/home/peter/downloads # rpm -Uvh brdcp7020lpr-1.1.2-4.i386.rpm
> > Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
> >    1:brdcp7020lpr           ########################################### [100%]
> > linux:/home/peter/downloads # rpm -Uvh cupswrapperdcp7020-1.0.1-2.i386.rpm
> > error: open of cupswrapperdcp7020-1.0.1-2.i386.rpm failed: No such file or directory
> > linux:/home/peter/downloads # rpm -Uvh cupswrapperDCP7020-1.0.1-2.i386.rpm
> > error: Failed dependencies:
> >         lpr is needed by cupswrapperDCP7020-1.0.1-2
> 
> 	I then installed the scanner driver successfully, this is what i
> saw:
> 
> > linux:/home/peter/downloads # rpm -Uvh brscan-0.2.1-0.i386.rpm
> > Preparing...                ########################################### [100%]
> >         package brscan-0.2.1-0 is already installed
> 
> 	From past recent experience I know it's something that I'm
> doing/not doing that will be painfully obvious to even me
> probably as soon as tomorrow.
> <sigh>
> 
> 
I had some trouble installing my Brother HL 1440 laser printer with
Fedora Core 4) and got drivers from the Brother site. There was some
confusion in their directions, but it eventually worked. CHeck the
archives to see if I summarized my experience there. (Last winter some
time, I think.)

Eric
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