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 procedure

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-03 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Anthony Campbell a...@acampbell.org.uk [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

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

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:

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 importantly,

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 of the

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:

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

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

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-02 Thread lee
lina lina.lastn...@gmail.com 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

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-02 Thread lina
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 3:53 AM, lee l...@songoku.yagibdah.de wrote: lina lina.lastn...@gmail.com 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

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-02 Thread Russell L. Harris
* Bob Proulx b...@proulx.com [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

lpr command not found

2012-02-01 Thread lina
Hi, which package contains the lpr command for printing. Thanks, -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive:

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 ad...@zombino.com Uncompressed Size: 410 k Depends: libc6

Re: lpr command not found

2012-02-01 Thread lina
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Stan Hoeppner s...@hardwarefreak.com 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:

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 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 program_name to find the package name. If it is not installed you can use: apt-cache search program_name Depending on your setup you may want

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 lpr