Please note that I am using the Live CD. Here is the result of the experiment you suggested:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To run a command as administrator (user "root"), use "sudo <command>". See "man sudo_root" for details. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l '*foo2zjs*' Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii foo2zjs 20061224-0ubun Support for printing to ZjStream-based print [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ apt-get install foo2zjs-ppds 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? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo apt-get install foo2zjs-ppds Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Couldn't find package foo2zjs-ppds [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Till Kamppeter wrote: > It seems that the foo2zjs-ppds package (the PPD files for the foo2zjs > driver) is not installed due to not being in the seed. Can you please > confirm this by entering > > dpkg -l '*foo2zjs*' > > at the command line? > > Can you then do > > apt-get install foo2zjs-ppds > > and try to set up your printer again? Does it appear in your printer > setup tool now? > > I have moved this bug to ubuntu-meta, as it is a seed problem. Can > someone of the seed/archive maintainers add the packages foo2zjs-ppds > and m2300w-ppds to the seeds for all Ubuntu Feisty distributions? > > > ** Changed in: ubuntu-meta (Ubuntu) > Importance: Undecided => Medium > > -- No driver for HP Color LaserJet 2600n in Feisty Flight 4 https://launchpad.net/bugs/88224 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs