[Pkg-cups-devel] Bug#405105: libcupsys2-dev: dependency missmatch to libcupsys2 (=1.2.7-1)

[Roger Leigh]

Wolfgang Schnitker <wolfgang.schnitker at gmx.de> writes:

[Please keep 405105 at bugs.debian.org in the Cc:, thanks!]

> I tried to install hplip-installer from linuxprinting.org in version
> , which needs access to dpkg.

What did you download and run?  I need the exact details, otherwise I
can't test it myself.

I did find http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/install/index.html
This installer is rather broken.  I wouldn't personally trust it.  If
you must run it, run in "manual" mode.

I would recommend that you either:

1) Download and build the source code by hand.  This is all the
   installer script is doing, and will be rather more trustworthy than
   a script that keeps asking for your root password.  It will also
   tell you where things go wrong so that we can do something about
   it.

  or

2) Install the official "hplip" package provided by Debian.  This is
   the one we expect our users to use.  Is there any reason why you
   can't use this?  Just "apt-get install hplip".


> This software told me, that i have to install the dev packakages
> from cupsys. Therefore I went into wajig installrs libcupsys2-dev
> and got an error, that the dependencies are not correct.

What you did, and the exact error are needed here.

> To get more inforation, I then went into dselect, made an update and
> selected libcupsys2-dev and got this error.
>
> Sorry, but my systems told me this thing. I had some extra looks,
> because i couldn't believe it.

The new version went into etch yesterday.  Both the -dev and the
library package migrate at the same time, so the inconsistency should
not occur.  Perhaps the installer is depending on a specific version?

> I was installable, if you use upper "r" in dselect or 
> apt-get --force-deps ..... (but not for a Newbie). Is Debian only for 
> Experts? 

No.  However, it is expected that users will use the packages provided
by Debian instead of building their own, for the most part.  But,
--force-deps should *never* *ever* be used.  If you need to use it,
it's a sign that you need to fix the real problem instead of asking
the system to ignore it.

> It is ok to close the bug, I just took a look at it in dselect again
> and the error has gone.

Cool.

> Happy New Year!

And to you!


Regards,
Roger


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