Linux Mint 17.3 64-bit, Cinnamon, Epson XP-410 printer.
Had to reinstall (to freshly formatted HD, as needed another Linux version to access my game). Last install, I used the GUI printer install, and it took one minute and the printer worked. This time, GUI hangs, so I went through CUPS. Installed fine or seemed to. Got a printer filter error. Looked that up, tried some of the things to resolve it. None worked. Removed printer and tried reinstalling driver. Now I get unresolved dependency libjpeg62:amd64. lsb-desktop, lsb, and the driver cannot be configured because lsb has not been configured.
This is madness! Something simple and necessary like installing a printer becomes a confusing nightmare with Linux. For all its faults, Windows printer drivers work. The first time. And don't break half the system. So what can I do to fix this? If I reinstall from scratch and have the same issues, I am done with Mint. For years, I have talked up Linux Mint but Rosa killed that.
Installing printer results in list of dependency issues
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Re: Installing printer results in list of dependency issues
Confusion is the key here. I respectfully suggest that you are doing things to your system that you don't understand, based on your comments about CUPS and LSB. It's no wonder that it feels like a 'nightmare'. Proceeding blindly has a tendency to do that.Windowbreaker wrote:This is madness! Something simple and necessary like installing a printer becomes a confusing nightmare with Linux.
Four-door sedans work most of the time as well, without much more attention than a can of oil now and then. But purchase a Ferrari, and you'd better know how to maintain it, or it won't get you very far. Linux is not Windows. You are not knowledgeable about Linux. Therefore, applying your Windows knowledge to Linux is like applying backyard-mechanic skills to a Ferrari.Windowbreaker wrote: For all its faults, Windows printer drivers work. The first time. And don't break half the system.
With that attitude, you have given up already. Translated, you are saying "ok guys, this is your one and only chance to get me out of a jam I got myself into. If you fail, I'm going to badmouth Linux for the rest of my life". So save the soapbox for another day, and either go back to Windows, or start over from square one and take it step by step - *stopping* when you get to a point you don't understand, and then ask your question. That's basic learning 101. I'm sure we can solve your problem quite easily, and you might learn something in the process.Windowbreaker wrote:If I reinstall from scratch and have the same issues, I am done with Mint. For years, I have talked up Linux Mint but Rosa killed that.
Re: Installing printer results in list of dependency issues
No, I did not give up. I am no Linux expert but I have been using and setting it up through twenty or so distros over 12 years. I know this is not Windows; however, much of Linux is downright primitive compared to Windows. Using the car analogy, Windows has fuel injection, and Linux has 4 carbs that need to be synchronized. This, however, started with a simple error on my part; I downloaded a ppd with a .deb extension. It installed fine, or so I thought. That is when the dpkg errors cropped up, and dozens of conflicting "solutions" here and elsewhere had me doing a bit of tail-chasing. My answer, at least to the unresolved dependency issues, came from a French Linux Mint forum of all places. Fortunately the screen caps of terminals are English
So, I completely purged dpkg-dev, which I had been told I needed. Purged the printer ppd. Found out how to remove then reinstall libjpeg62:amd64, resolving that error. At this point I have no printer installed, but also no error messages. Minor victory. So after doing one more update/upgrade cycle, I open the Software Manager, find my printer driver, and download it. Amazingly, the GUI worked this time (without the corrupted dpkg stuff interfering). So yeah, I was frustrated, especially since my last install of Linux Mint Cinnamon 64-bit found and installed my printer in one minute without sortware manager. Not sure why or how, but this time around it was my frustration at CUPS and the GUI installer not working that made me try the .deb file. So, anyhow, printer installed and working, no errors, system all up-to-date.
Oh, part of what got removed WAS lsb. It was needed for the dpkg/.deb stuff but apparently not as a standard. As I stated, I searched for help in many Mint and Ubuntu forums and got a lot of conflicting "try this"es, and some added confusion. I follow clear directions well, but when the answers are written in Sanskrit, with smeared mud... lol. So anyhow, I figured it out. And before you think more comments about me using Windows methods--I provided support for at least thirty people and eight versions of Windows over the years. The transition is ongoing. I started this game (computers, in general) with MS-DOS 3.0.
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So, I completely purged dpkg-dev, which I had been told I needed. Purged the printer ppd. Found out how to remove then reinstall libjpeg62:amd64, resolving that error. At this point I have no printer installed, but also no error messages. Minor victory. So after doing one more update/upgrade cycle, I open the Software Manager, find my printer driver, and download it. Amazingly, the GUI worked this time (without the corrupted dpkg stuff interfering). So yeah, I was frustrated, especially since my last install of Linux Mint Cinnamon 64-bit found and installed my printer in one minute without sortware manager. Not sure why or how, but this time around it was my frustration at CUPS and the GUI installer not working that made me try the .deb file. So, anyhow, printer installed and working, no errors, system all up-to-date.
Oh, part of what got removed WAS lsb. It was needed for the dpkg/.deb stuff but apparently not as a standard. As I stated, I searched for help in many Mint and Ubuntu forums and got a lot of conflicting "try this"es, and some added confusion. I follow clear directions well, but when the answers are written in Sanskrit, with smeared mud... lol. So anyhow, I figured it out. And before you think more comments about me using Windows methods--I provided support for at least thirty people and eight versions of Windows over the years. The transition is ongoing. I started this game (computers, in general) with MS-DOS 3.0.
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Re: Installing printer results in list of dependency issues
Oh, and I have never badmouthed Linux, and have no intention of doing so. What is broken is usually fixed quickly. Yes, I did go step-by-step, but as I said, some of those guided steps were not the correct ones, but silly me, I have to learn from other people, some of whom are learning themselves. Hard to separate the correct answers from incorrect when you don't know yourself.
Re: Installing printer results in list of dependency issues
That is a fair analogy as well, if not taken too far. The 'fuel injectors' in Windows have many vacuum leaks, while the 'carbs' in Linux sometimes backfire through the throat.Windowbreaker wrote: Using the car analogy, Windows has fuel injection, and Linux has 4 carbs that need to be synchronized.
That is why I don't consider Internet searches as a form of 'learning'. It is more like 'flailing'. There are an abundance of bad answers out there, and fewer good ones, like you mentioned. That is why a solid foundation of knowledge is needed first. You don't get that kind of knowledge by searching forums and using Google - you get it from the documentation, from experimenting hands-on with what you learn from the documentation, from looking at source code, from well researched books, from seminars, courses, and so on. This foundation is then what is used to navigate the Internet, and to discern the good answers from the bad. Too many people have it backwards.Windowbreaker wrote:Yes, I did go step-by-step, but as I said, some of those guided steps were not the correct ones, but silly me, I have to learn from other people, some of whom are learning themselves. Hard to separate the correct answers from incorrect when you don't know yourself.
Anyway, glad you got the problem solved. I'm sure there was a much simpler path than the one you took, but it ended up in the same place nonetheless.
Re: Installing printer results in list of dependency issues
Just in case you would like to use the scanner on your Epson XP-410, you can download the scanner driver bundle from the Epson Download Centre:
http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/searc ... FromResult
http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/searc ... FromResult
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