[Solved] cups and gutenprint

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bsd4me
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[Solved] cups and gutenprint

Post by bsd4me »

Trying to install printer and have the following problem:
gutenprint-5.3.1-x86_64-2 is installed, but cups is looking for "File "/usr/lib64/cups/filter/rastertogutenprint.5.2" not available: No such file or directory"

This is a fresh install of 7.2. I did an upgrade but that didn't solve the problem.


Also, clicking "System" and "Manage Printing" wanted to start midori, but Firefox was installed.
Last edited by bsd4me on 21 Jul 2019 18:31, edited 1 time in total.
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djemos
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Re: cups and gutenprint

Post by djemos »

I usually use "Print Settings" to set up printers and i did not see the problem. It was because of zzz-settings-slackel-openbox package which change /usr/share/applications/cups.desktop to use midori.

So you can edit /usr/share/applications/cups.desktop and change
the line Exec=/usr/bin/midori http://localhost:631/ to Exec=/usr/bin/xdg-open http://localhost:631/
log out and log in again

or reinstall cups

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sudo slapt-get -u
sudo slapt-get -i --reinstall cups
log out and log in again and problem is solved. Firefox will be opened when run "Manage Printing"

You can also upgrade user-settings-slackel-openbox and zzz-settings-slackel-openbox packages.

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sudo slapt-get -i user-settings-slackel-openbox
sudo slapt-get -i  zzz-settings-slackel-openbox
But zzz-settings-slackel-openbox will change the hostname to slackel.example.net. You can change it to whatever you like with

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su
echo your_host.domain_name > /etc/HOSTNAME
bsd4me
Posts: 110
Joined: 03 Jan 2018 19:27
Location: Kenai Peninsula in Alaska

Re: cups and gutenprint

Post by bsd4me »

Thanks again djemos. Taken care of.
Retired at home in Alaska for now.
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