Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-18 Thread debian_newbie
On Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:45:04 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sat at his keyboard and wrote: > The real test is, "Can you print documents with it?" > > Kevin > Sorry for the late reply. Yes, it still prints! -- debian_newbie, Thanks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject o

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-17 Thread ronin2
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:35:18 -0800 debian_newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Looks to me like it was successful, since it said it was setting up > cupsys (1.1.14-4.4). Am I right? Looks good so far, but I can't tell from here if it really worked. The real test is, "Can you print documents with

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-17 Thread debian_newbie
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:36:26 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sat at his keyboard and wrote: > Yes, it does, but I had to stumble on it and I'm sure you would sooner > or later. > > With a package name highlighted press . You'll get a full > window for that package, with the description and the technical

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-17 Thread debian_newbie
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:40:01 -0500 Jerome Acks Jr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sat at his keyboard and wrote: > # dpkg --force-overwrite -i > /var/cache/apt/archives/cupsys_1.1.14-4.4_i386.deb > OK, I did it. I got this is response, did it work or not? debian:/home/jerry# dpkg --force-overwrite -i /v

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-16 Thread ronin2
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 18:48:11 -0800 debian_newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my sig, I AM a certified Debianese newbie. I did try aptitude. The one > thing I didn't like about ti was that it didn't show me how big the > packages are before I download them. I like to know this because I > have a d

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-16 Thread debian_newbie
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 20:58:02 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sat at his keyboard and wrote: > As a general rule, it isn't safe to force things. That's why it must > be specified as an argument. > > In THIS case, it's safe, and we can be pretty certain of that: > 1. Apt's error message tells you the prob

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-16 Thread ronin2
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 15:09:56 -0800 debian_newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Read man dpkg, especially the section about --force. Focus on > > "overwrite". > > > > This sounds like a bug in the packaging. > > "IF" there is a bug in the packaging, is it still safe to force the > install? As a

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-16 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 03:09:56PM -0800, debian_newbie wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:27:43 -0500 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] sat at his keyboard and wrote: > > > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 09:47:59 -0800 > > debian_newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/lpinfo', which is

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-16 Thread debian_newbie
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 16:27:43 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] sat at his keyboard and wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 09:47:59 -0800 > debian_newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/lpinfo', which is also in package > > cupsys-client > > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by si

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-16 Thread Jerome Acks Jr
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 09:47:59AM -0800, debian_newbie wrote: > I am running Woody. I was trying to update CUPS by using Synaptic when I > got this message: > > > (Reading database ... 93315 files and directories currently > installed.) > Preparing to replace cupsys 1.1.14-3 (using > .../cupsys_

Re: CUPS Update failed

2003-03-16 Thread ronin2
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 09:47:59 -0800 debian_newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/lpinfo', which is also in package > cupsys-client > dpkg-deb: subprocess paste killed by signal (Broken pipe) > Starting CUPSys: cupsd. Read man dpkg, especially the section about --force

CUPS Update failed

2003-03-16 Thread debian_newbie
I am running Woody. I was trying to update CUPS by using Synaptic when I got this message: (Reading database ... 93315 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace cupsys 1.1.14-3 (using .../cupsys_1.1.14-4.4_i386.deb) ... Stopping CUPSys: cupsd. Unpacking replacement cupsys .