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

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Peter Bart wrote:
> 
> 
> 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.

There is no reason the -U flag with rpm, should cause you problems.  It
simply means "upgrade" the package.  From the man page:

rpm {-U|--upgrade} [install-options] PACKAGE_FILE ...

       This  upgrades  or  installs  the  package currently installed to
a newer version.  This is the same as install,
       except all other version(s) of the package are removed after the
new package is installed.



 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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