On Thu, 06 Oct 2011 02:12:11 +1000, Weaver wrote: > On Wed, 5 Oct 2011 15:22:50 +0000 (UTC) Camaleón <noela...@gmail.com> > wrote:
(...) >> And printer model is...? My crystal ball can't tell :-) > > It's an HP 2000 J210 Thanks. I hoped it was a PostScript printer and so no driver required, but sadly it is not. Okay, so Sid's hplip should be able to work with your printer. It's on version 3.11 and your printer requires >3.10.9. If it does not work, you are eligible to open a bug report. >> What's the exact message you get? These little details are more >> important that it seems at a first glance. > > Very simple message: Missing dependency. Please install libusb and rerun > the installer. The name of the library file is libusb - no reference > number or other extension Good... what package did you download? I mean, to install the printer (upstream source of hplip)? >> > I ran an install for libusb but am informed that there's no such >> > package. I then opened up the aptitude interface and went looking, >> > installing anything that had 'libusb' in its name. Still the same >> > complaint. >> >> There are many packages/versions named "libusb": >> >> http://packages.debian.org/sid/libs/ > > No, there are none in SID called just plain 'libusb'. And I've installed > every other package name that has 'libusb' in it. Still nothing. Hum... I can see several: libusb++-0.1-4c2 libusb-0.1-4 libusb-1.0-0 libusb2 And there can be also associated libraries: libusb++-dev >> > Does anybody know what is happening here? Has 'libusb' been renamed >> > in SID? >> > Is there any other explanation of this type? >> >> (...) >> >> It could be that the package installer looks for something different >> than you think and so the importance of the exact "complaint" message >> you get. > > The *exact* complaint message I get is: 'Warning: There are two missing > REQUIRED dependencies note: installation off dependencies requires an > active internet connection > Warning: Missing required dependency: libusb (libusb - USB library) > Warning: This installer cannot install libusb for your distro/OS and or > version > Error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency. Please > manually install this dependency and re-run the installer' (...) Good, good... so the installer can't see where libusb is located in your system (maybe a packaging issue). Run: dpkg -l | grep libusb locate libusb and put here the result. Greetings, -- Camaleón -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/pan.2011.10.05.17.00...@gmail.com
