Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread Klaus Jantzen
Dom wrote: On 03/02/12 12:48, Klaus Jantzen wrote: Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2012-02-02 11:43:24 +0800, lina wrote: which package contains the lpr command for printing. There are several ones: $ apt-file -x search 'bin/lpr$' cups-bsd: /usr/bin/lpr cups-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/lpr gnuspo

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread Dom
On 03/02/12 12:48, Klaus Jantzen wrote: Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2012-02-02 11:43:24 +0800, lina wrote: which package contains the lpr command for printing. There are several ones: $ apt-file -x search 'bin/lpr$' cups-bsd: /usr/bin/lpr cups-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/lpr gnuspool: /usr/bin

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread lina
On Friday 03,February,2012 09:01 PM, lina wrote: On Friday 03,February,2012 06:49 PM, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 03 Feb 2012, Russell L. Harris wrote: There is a bit more to this matter than the package "lpr". About a decade ago, the package lprng ("ng" meaning "next generation") fixed most o

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread lina
On Friday 03,February,2012 06:49 PM, Anthony Campbell wrote: On 03 Feb 2012, Russell L. Harris wrote: There is a bit more to this matter than the package "lpr". About a decade ago, the package lprng ("ng" meaning "next generation") fixed most of the problems of the package lpr. Most important

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread Klaus Jantzen
Vincent Lefevre wrote: On 2012-02-02 11:43:24 +0800, lina wrote: which package contains the lpr command for printing. There are several ones: $ apt-file -x search 'bin/lpr$' cups-bsd: /usr/bin/lpr cups-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/lpr gnuspool: /usr/bin/lpr lpr: /usr/bin/lpr lprng: /us

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread Vincent Lefevre
On 2012-02-02 11:43:24 +0800, lina wrote: > which package contains the lpr command for printing. There are several ones: $ apt-file -x search 'bin/lpr$' cups-bsd: /usr/bin/lpr cups-dbg: /usr/lib/debug/usr/bin/lpr gnuspool: /usr/bin/lpr lpr: /usr/bin/lpr lprng: /usr/bin/lpr Not sure what's the be

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Anthony Campbell [120203 11:21]: > Interesting: I didn't know about the purchase by Apple. I always > preferred lprng to cups but for some reason one of my laptops no longer > gave me /dev/lp0 so I was forced to use cups on that machine. I had some > problems with cups last summer (had to take t

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread Anthony Campbell
On 03 Feb 2012, Russell L. Harris wrote: > > There is a bit more to this matter than the package "lpr". > > About a decade ago, the package lprng ("ng" meaning "next generation") > fixed most of the problems of the package lpr. Most importantly, the > author of lprng carefully documented the p

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Bob Proulx [120203 05:40]: > Stan Hoeppner wrote: > For whatever reason the folks around here seem to prefer lprng over > lpr. And of course the lpr command is also provided by cups-bsd / > cups. So there seem to be three flavors available. There is a bit more to this matter than the package

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-02 Thread lina
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:53 AM, lee wrote: > lina writes: > >> well, I have a derived problem, after installing lpr, >> >> $ lpr ProbSet_2.pdf >> lpr: lp: unknown printer >> >> $ lpstat >> HP-LaserJet-P4015-225   lina            156672   Thursday >> 02,February,2012 11:35:38 AM SGT >> >> lp ProbS

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-02 Thread lee
lina writes: > well, I have a derived problem, after installing lpr, > > $ lpr ProbSet_2.pdf > lpr: lp: unknown printer > > $ lpstat > HP-LaserJet-P4015-225 lina156672 Thursday > 02,February,2012 11:35:38 AM SGT > > lp ProbSet_2.pdf > request id is HP-LaserJet-P4015-226 (1 file(s)

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-02 Thread Wayne Topa
On 02/01/2012 11:39 PM, lina wrote: Thanks, Before I thought it's some hidden command in some package, did not realize I should use aptitude show or dpkg -S or apt-cache search. (actually I was not addicted to use those ways, I used to go to debian webpage and looking for package.) well, I hav

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-01 Thread Bob Proulx
Stan Hoeppner wrote: > lina wrote: > > which package contains the lpr command for printing. > > Surprisingly... lpr > Provided by: cups-bsd, lprng > Description: BSD lpr/lpd line printer spooling system For whatever reason the folks around here seem to prefer lprng over lpr. And of course the lp

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-01 Thread keitho
> Hi, > > which package contains the lpr command for printing. > > Thanks, > lpr is the name of the package. If a progam is installed, you can use: dpkg -S to find the package name. If it is not installed you can use: apt-cache search Depending on your setup you may want to look up lp as we

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-01 Thread lina
Thanks, Before I thought it's some hidden command in some package, did not realize I should use aptitude show or dpkg -S or apt-cache search. (actually I was not addicted to use those ways, I used to go to debian webpage and looking for package.) well, I have a derived problem, after installing

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-01 Thread lina
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Stan Hoeppner wrote: > On 2/1/2012 9:43 PM, lina wrote: > >> which package contains the lpr command for printing. > > Surprisingly... lpr aha ... thanks, > > $ aptitude show lpr > Package: lpr > State: not installed > Version: 1:2008.05.17 > Priority: optional >

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-01 Thread Stan Hoeppner
On 2/1/2012 9:43 PM, lina wrote: > which package contains the lpr command for printing. Surprisingly... lpr $ aptitude show lpr Package: lpr State: not installed Version: 1:2008.05.17 Priority: optional Section: net Maintainer: Adam Majer Uncompressed Size: 410 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7-1), netb