kubuntu-users Digest, Vol 126, Issue 8

[Charles T. Bell]

On 07/05/2015 02:38 AM, James R McKenzie wrote:
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>> James R McKenzie wrote:
>>> I can use the printer on my system  but I cannot use the scanner the
>>> control program "scangearmp" will not install when when I run the
>>> install.sh script. I even tried to run the .deb file manually and got
>>> an error about unmet dependences.
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>> Can you post the command you used to "run the .deb file manually" 
>> including the error message?
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> The name of the package that won't install is cnijfilter-mx430series-3.70-1-deb/packages/cnijfilter-mx430series_3.70-1_amd64.deb the only message I get just says it can't be installed. I'm using QAPT to install it. It doesn't offer any background information as to why. I don't know what else I can add to this. When I ran the install.sh file it didn't offer any great volume of information either. Basically I'm asking is there a newer package  that might be more compatible with the newer Kubuntu systems? If so where can I download them and how do I install them? My success with install.sh files is 98% failure 2% I have no idea why it worked. I prefer .deb files for that very reason. Nothing requiring shell scripts at all. I am not a programmer nor am I willing to become one. At All.
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I am curious as to why you don't use dpkg.  dpkg is the package manager
for .deb files and you can run it from the commandline in a console like so,
dpkg -i cnijfilter-mx430series_3.70-1_amd64.deb
it should install the files appropriately and usually gives a list of
any unmet dependencies, when needed.
After that by typing:
sudo apt-get -f install
the dependencies should be met if possible and it will tell you if they
have been replaced or deprecated (no longer in use).
Give that a try and see what you get.

Tom
-- 
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is for good men to do nothing" .- Edmund Burke
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