SRU for Utopic and Trusty applying the workaround for this problem to system-config-printer and fixing other driver-download-related bugs is handled in bug 1401835.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to system-config-printer in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1397750 Title: Not able to install packages using the PackageKit D-Bus API Status in aptdaemon package in Ubuntu: New Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in aptdaemon source package in Utopic: New Status in system-config-printer source package in Utopic: Triaged Bug description: I am on Ubuntu Utopic (14.10) and want to do the following, preferably with a Python script. I want to install a printer driver package from Epson (which is available as both DEB and RPM) through its apt or yum repository so that future updates get installed automatically through the distro's update mechanism. I also want to assure by means of a key fingerprint that repository and package are really from Epson. The package name for example is epson-inkjet-printer-escpr The key fingerprint is E5220FB7014D0FBDA50DFC2BE5E86C008AA65D56 and the Debian package repository is deb http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/ lsb3.2 main This data is polled from OpenPrinting: https://www.openprinting.org/query.cgi?moreinfo=1&showprinterid=1&onlynewestdriverpackages=0&architectures=amd64&noobsoletes=1&onlyfree=0&onlymanufacturer=0&onlydownload=1&packagesystem=deb&onlysigneddriverpackages=0&format=xml&type=drivers&printer=MFG:EPSON;MDL :EP-801A%20Series;DES:EPSON%20EP-801A%20Series;CLS:PRINTER; One can replace the packagesystem=deb in the URL by packagesystem=rpm for RPM-based distros. Now I run a script of system-config-printer, /usr/share/system-config-printer/install-printerdriver.py via the command install-printerdriver 'epson-inkjet-printer-escpr' 'deb http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/ lsb3.2 main' 'E5220FB7014D0FBDA50DFC2BE5E86C008AA65D56' Or by pasting the commands at the python prompt: till@till-twist:~$ python3 Python 3.4.2 (default, Oct 8 2014, 13:08:17) [GCC 4.9.1] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> from gi.repository import GLib, PackageKitGlib >>> import sys >>> def progress(progress, type, user_data): ... pass ... >>> package = 'epson-inkjet-printer-escpr' >>> repo = 'deb http://download.ebz.epson.net/dsc/op/stable/debian/ lsb3.2 main' >>> repo_gpg_id = 'E5220FB7014D0FBDA50DFC2BE5E86C008AA65D56' >>> pk = PackageKitGlib.Client() >>> res = pk.install_signature(PackageKitGlib.SigTypeEnum.GPG, repo_gpg_id, '', None, progress, None) >>> res.get_exit_code() <enum PK_EXIT_ENUM_SUCCESS of type PkExitEnum> >>> res = pk.resolve(PackageKitGlib.FilterEnum.NONE, [package], None, lambda p, t, d: True, None) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> GLib.Error: pk_client_error: Package name epson-inkjet-printer-escpr could not be resolved. (263) >>> res = pk.repo_enable(repo, True, None, progress, None) >>> res = pk.refresh_cache(False, None, progress, None) >>> res = pk.resolve(PackageKitGlib.FilterEnum.NONE, [package], None, lambda p, t, d: True, None) >>> package_ids = res.get_package_array() >>> package_id = package_ids[0].get_id() >>> package_id 'epson-inkjet-printer-escpr;1.4.1-1lsb3.2;amd64;printdriver' >>> package_ids[0].get_info() & PackageKitGlib.InfoEnum.INSTALLED 0 >>> res = pk.install_packages(True, [package_id], None, progress, None) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> GLib.Error: pk_client_error: The version 1.4.1-1lsb3.2/printdriver of epson-inkjet-printer-escpr isn't available. (263) >>> res = pk.install_packages(True, ['epson-inkjet-printer-escpr;1.4.1-1lsb3.2;amd64;'], None, progress, None) >>> res = pk.get_files([package_id], None, progress, None) >>> files = res.get_files_array() >>> The problem is that the step of actually installing the package ("res = pk.install_packages(..)") errors. It says: The version 1.4.1-1lsb3.2/printdriver of epson-inkjet-printer-escpr isn't available. So the version number is messed up ("/printdriver" added) and therefore the package not found. If I manipulate the package ID somewhat, removing the "printdriver" in the end, the package installation works (I have checked in another terminal that the package got actually installed). The same error occurs with "pkcon install epson-inkjet-printer-escpr" on the command line. The problem seems not to be caused by the transition from Python 2 to Python3. I can paste the command sequence above also into Python 2 and get the same results. Please check whether this is really caused by aptdemon, perhaps it can also be the PackageKit client. Yje bug makes the automatic printer driver installation by system- config-printer not working any more, therefore i set its importance to "High". To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptdaemon/+bug/1397750/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
