[xubuntu-users] Ghostscript gone?

[Joshua O'Leary]

Installing 'xubuntu-desktop' should get at least the core packages back
On Thu, 23 May 2013 07:00:29 +0200
"wim.dukker" <wim.dukker at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Joshua,
> 
> Many thanks for your research!
> 
> I'll stick to repo packages from now on. I'l become 67 years old this 
> month, and still learning :)
> So i have to take some more rigorous steps to get my printer back.
> Is there a command like " apt-get install xubuntu" to avoid that i have 
> to reinstall all my personal software? (because as far as i know all the 
> packages should be somewere on the computer).
> 
> Hope to hear from you.
> 
> with kind regards,
> wim dukker
> 
> Op 22-05-13 16:53, Joshua O'Leary schreef:
> > TThe package version appears to be exactly the same as the repo version:
> > http://packages.ubuntu.com/quantal/ghostscript
> >
> > There are also no conflicts listed in the dependencies so it doesn't 
> > appear that installing it would remove anything else (I haven't 
> > checked the site one yet but its probably just a mirror). It doesn't 
> > appear that this has caused anything to break, in general though stick 
> > only to repo packages for core things.
> >
> > div class="gmail_quote">wim dukker <wim.dukker at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >     Hello Joshua and Bruno,
> >
> >     Thanks for your fast reply, great!
> >
> >     Joshua: I have added the dpkg logfile of today regarding
> >     installing ghostsript package (found on
> >     http://pkgs.org/ubuntu-12.10/ubuntu-main-amd64/ghostscript_9.06~dfsg-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb.html
> >     <http://pkgs.org/ubuntu-12.10/ubuntu-main-amd64/ghostscript_9.06%7Edfsg-0ubuntu4_amd64.deb.html>).
> >
> >     Because I am NOT a linux nerd I don't understand whats in the
> >     logfile, but what I am understanding is that my printer is missing.
> >
> >     Because i am not a nerd i have a number of questions; e.g.
> >
> >      1. How do i find out what is is installed at the moment and what not?
> >      2. What has cups to do with ghostsript?
> >      3. How do i add / remove a printer in cups etc.
> >      4. Is there somwhere to find a good cups manual for people like
> >         me to get a basic understanding of cups, ppd files,
> >         ghostscript and there relationships???
> >
> >     Bruno: I have explored the thread and it looks promising but first
> >     of all i need my printer back.
> >     On this moment if i want to add a printer the program is asking
> >     for a server ??
> >
> >     Hope that you guys know how to help me further.
> >     Many thanks in advance
> >
> >     With kind regards,
> >     wim dukker
> >
> >     Op 21-05-13 15:09, Bruno Benitez schreef:
> >>     a few weeks ago i found myself figthing against xerox printers,
> >>     it turns out, in my case, that xerox do not provide drivers for
> >>     64 bit software, just 32 bit stuff.
> >>
> >>     this is the thread on the ubuntu forums that i helped someone
> >>     else with
> >>
> >>     http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2136163&p=12607515&highlight=#post12607515
> >>
> >>     don't know if that would help you but there you go
> >>
> >>
> >>     2013/5/21 Joshua O'Leary <jmoey139 at gmail.com
> >>     <mailto:jmoey139 at gmail.com>>
> >>
> >>         Check the dpkg logs in /var/log to find out what it is that
> >>         actually got removed, make sure that any cups or driver
> >>         packages haven't been taken off. Was it a package from the
> >>         repo or downloaded from somewhere else?
> >>
> >>         Joshua
> >>         On Tue, 21 May 2013 10:28:34 +0200
> >>         wim dukker <wim.dukker at gmail.com
> >>         <mailto:wim.dukker at gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>         > Hello to all of you,
> >>         >
> >>         > I am running a Xerox 6110 colorprinter under Xubuntu 12.04.
> >>         >
> >>         > Because of the bad color quality under Linux i seached for
> >>         a solution to
> >>         > improve the color quality. Xerox documentation recommended
> >>         installing
> >>         > the latest Ghostscript software.
> >>         > I installed ghostscript package
> >>         > "ghostscript_9.05~dfsg-0ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb". After
> >>         installation, /*some
> >>         > packages were deleted*/, the printer is not working anymore.
> >>         > Re-installing ghostsript via Software Centre did not help.
> >>         >
> >>         > Is it possible to reinstall Xubuntu so that i don't have to
> >>         reinstall
> >>         > all my personal software? Or are there better solutions to
> >>         get my
> >>         > printer back?
> >>         >
> >>         > Many thanks in advance for the support.
> >>         >
> >>         > Kind regards
> >>         > Wim Dukker
> >>
> >>
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> >>     Bruno.-
> >>
> >>
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