First, keep in mind that one source package (upstream project) can have several binary packages in Ubuntu, each containing a certain component of the project. To get the complete project installed you need to install all binary packages, if you do not need all of the functionality you can leave out one or another binary package.
Also take into account that you cannot combine binary packages of different version. You need to install all of the binary packages. So let us see which binary packages of system-config-printer you have installed: dpkg -l | grep 1.5.7+2016 You will see a list of some packages. You have to update all of them, all at once, with a single "dpkg -i ..." command line. So look at the binary packages of the desired newer version: https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/1.5.9+20170825-0ubuntu1 https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/system-config-printer/1.5.9+20170825-0ubuntu1/+build/13297396 See the section "Built files" under the last link. Download all .deb files from here and install the ones form which you have the old version installed with a single command line, like for example: dpkg -i python3-cupshelpers_1.5.9+20170825-0ubuntu1_all.deb system- config-printer-common_1.5.9+20170825-0ubuntu1_all.deb system-config- printer-gnome_1.5.9+20170825-0ubuntu1_all.deb system-config-printer- udev_1.5.9+20170825-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb system-config- printer_1.5.9+20170825-0ubuntu1_all.deb This will most probably work. If not, we need to rebuild the source package for your distribution version, but try this first and tell whether this works. If not, I will show you how to do the rebuild. -- 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/1656790 Title: print-notifications: Don't show error for job in progress Status in ubuntu-mate: Invalid Status in mate-settings-daemon package in Ubuntu: Invalid Status in system-config-printer package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Bug description: Running Ubuntu MATE 16.04.1 LTS Every single time I print something, I get an error notification. Unfortunly, I'm running a Norwegian desktop, so this will be a translation of what I suppose the notification says on an English desktop: Printer error Printer 'NAME':'cups-waiting-for-job-completed' It is a bit annoying, but it disappears after a couple of seconds, when the print job is done. After a bit of Googling, I found this is a known error from earlier, with gnome-settings-daemon. I guess the fix never have been included in mate-settings-daemon ? This is the bug in Red Hat for the same problem: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1207154 This is the patch for gnome-settings-daemon from May 20 2015 : https://mail.gnome.org/archives/commits-list/2015-May/msg03447.html The 'cups-waiting-for-job-completed' is a notification in Cups, which should not be ignored by gnome-settings-daemon. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mate/+bug/1656790/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
