[KLUG Members] lpr and cups wrapper install problem SOLVED

[Peter Bart]

Eric Beversluis wrote:
> 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

Eric,
	Thanks very much for the direction. In your archived post I 
found a link 
<http://solutions.brother.com/linux/sol/printer/linux/cups_wrapper_install3.html> 
that helped me find this page which ultimately solved my problem. 
No you may not go straight there, you must follow their entry 
page and hunt for it. Maybe obviously to everyone out there but 
I'll expose my ignorance hoping to help someone in a similar 
situation. Make sure your printer is connected and on, don't let 
the !@#$%^&*() go to sleep! Onward to the scanner!
Peter

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