[KLUG Members] -U flag was lpr and cups wrapper install problem

[Peter Bart]

Nikolas Reist wrote:
> I know with my Dell 720 I had to download the lexmark drivers and force 
> them to install because even though it fit the requirements, SuSE had it 
> set up weird.  Try with rpm -ivh file.rpm --nodeps.  I know if you use 
> the -U flag and don't have it installed already that can cause issue.
> 
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Peter Bart <peter at petertheplumber.net>
> To: members at kalamazoolinux.org
> Sent: Thursday, August 3, 2006 10:27:08 AM
> Subject: [KLUG Members] lpr and cups wrapper install problem
> 
> 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>
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	Okay, now I need to know if the -U flag will cause me problems. 
One of my printed references suggests that I use that flag at all 
times if I'm not sure. Am I missing something? SUSE does have it 
set up different, I had to stand on my head and mumble the 
password backwards to access the CUPS configuration.
Peter
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