Epson WF-3640 Printer Problem

[wm shepherd]

would this work for wf 3640 all in one printer, i am having trouble install it on a new mint install. my once time with linux

[minitux]

would this work for wf 3640 all in one printer, i am having trouble install it on a new mint install. my once time with linux

Look here
http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/searc ... archModule

write the model in the search bar WF-3640 and run the research , this point to all the driver for your printer

[wm shepherd]

Thanks very much!!

[wm shepherd]

I installed mint18.2 ios from USB drive to hp13 stream(2gb mem,20gb ssd, Ceylon pross.) that had win 8.1 on it, at the time i connected via Wifi and had printer available(Epson WF3640), my real issue was with the latest updates with Windows and Firefox everything was real slow. After installation of mint 18.2 things started to work better, i updated to Firefox 57.0, all good. i liked the way things worked a little new but OK. Then i tried to print and no printer, i tried several things from the forum, no help .Things that i see are unable to share, something about dependence tree and other things that i cannot figure out yet. Is there a way to correct this or i need to start over with new download of ios. I get a little overwhelm with all the new terms and processes so i need a helping hand. Thank you

[minitux]

I do not have epson printers, I tell you what I do if I had it, while you come from instructions I will install lsb

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sudo apt install lsb

then, for printer, if you have a 32 bit system download and install this with gdebi
epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.6.17-1lsb3.2_i386.deb or if you have a 64 bit system download and install this epson-inkjet-printer-escpr_1.6.17-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb from here (clic accept)
http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/du/02 ... 28ce00eb97

for scanner, if you have a 32 bit system

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wget https://download2.ebz.epson.net/iscan/general/deb/x86/iscan-bundle-1.0.4.x86.deb.tar.gz

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tar -zxvf iscan-bundle-1.0.4.x86.deb.tar.gz

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cd iscan-bundle-1.0.4.x86.deb && sudo ./install.sh

if you have a 64 bit system

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wget https://download2.ebz.epson.net/iscan/general/deb/x64/iscan-bundle-1.0.4.x64.deb.tar.gz

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tar -zxvf iscan-bundle-1.0.4.x64.deb.tar.gz

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cd iscan-bundle-1.0.4.x64.deb && sudo ./install.sh

[wm shepherd]

I tried the install as advised here is the results.

elcamino@sharhp ~ $ sudo apt install lsb
[sudo] password for elcamino:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
libc6-dbg : Depends: libc6 (= 2.23-0ubuntu9) but 2.23-0ubuntu7 is to be installed
lsb : Depends: lsb-core (>= 9.20160110ubuntu0.2)
Depends: lsb-printing (>= 9.20160110ubuntu0.2) but it is not going to be installed
Depends: libjpeg62 but it is not going to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a solution).
elcamino@sharhp ~ $

iran f install

elcamino@sharhp ~ $ apt-get -f install
E: Could not open lock file /var/lib/dpkg/lock - open (13: Permission denied)
E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dpkg/), are you root?
elcamino@sharhp ~ $

not sure what to do to 'unlock'?

thanks

[minitux]

you must use the command as root

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sudo apt install -f

[wm shepherd]

elcamino@sharhp ~ $ sudo apt install -f
[sudo] password for elcamino:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libc6
Suggested packages:
glibc-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
libc6
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 337 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/2,586 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,096 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
(Reading database ... 199390 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
elcamino@sharhp ~ $

This what i got when i ran " sudo apt install -f"

Is this the best way to work this problem out by showing you what happens.
Really thank you all thank your help.
Bill

[minitux]

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sudo dpkg --force-all -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb

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sudo apt install -f

[wm shepherd]

elcamino@sharhp ~ $ sudo dpkg --force-all -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb
[sudo] password for elcamino:
(Reading database ... 199390 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb
elcamino@sharhp ~ $ sudo apt install -f
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Correcting dependencies... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
libc6
Suggested packages:
glibc-doc
The following packages will be upgraded:
libc6
1 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 337 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0 B/2,586 kB of archives.
After this operation, 4,096 B of additional disk space will be used.
Do you want to continue? [Y/n] y
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
(Reading database ... 199390 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb (--unpack):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
elcamino@sharhp ~ $

how we find out what process has locked up 'config.dat'

Bill

[wm shepherd]

I checked the config.dat file and its a read only?? is that normal? to me looks like it stops because it cann't change it.

Bill

[minitux]

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sudo fuser -v -k /var/cache/debconf/config.dat

and retry

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sudo dpkg --force-all -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb

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sudo apt install -f

I checked the config.dat file and its a read only?? is that normal? to me looks like it stops because it cann't change it.

It's normal that is a system file, not of the user

[wm shepherd]

elcamino@sharhp ~ $ sudo fuser -v -k /var/cache/debconf/config.dat
[sudo] password for elcamino:
USER PID ACCESS COMMAND
/var/cache/debconf/config.dat:
root 3561 F.... dpkg-preconfigu
elcamino@sharhp ~ $ sudo dpkg --force-all -i /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb
(Reading database ... 199390 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb ...
debconf: DbDriver "config": /var/cache/debconf/config.dat is locked by another process: Resource temporarily unavailable
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-installation script returned error exit status 1
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu7) ...
Errors were encountered while processing:
/var/cache/apt/archives/libc6_2.23-0ubuntu9_amd64.deb
elcamino@sharhp ~ $

looks like same results, didn't try the install
Bill

[minitux]

Try to rename the file

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sudo mv /var/cache/debconf/config.dat /var/cache/debconf/config.dat.bak

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sudo apt clean

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sudo apt update

Then run mintupdate and apply the upgrade of packages

In the end try to reinstall lsb

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sudo apt install --reinstall lsb