0006581: sudo apt-get install cups cups-client "foomatic-db*" foomatic-db-compressed-ppds : Conflicts: foomatic-db

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0006581	Kali Linux	Kali Package Bug	public	2020-07-16 19:27	2021-06-23 19:54

Reporter	Paul Gerken	Assigned To	steev
Priority	normal	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	always
Status	closed	Resolution	no change required
Product Version	2020.2

Summary	0006581: sudo apt-get install cups cups-client "foomatic-db*" foomatic-db-compressed-ppds : Conflicts: foomatic-db
Description	see steps to reproduce I cannot add LAN printer capability.
Steps To Reproduce	In BASH terminal mode, sudo apt-get install cups cups-client "foomatic-db" Receive problem --> Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Note, selecting 'foomatic-db-compressed-ppds' for glob 'foomatic-db' Note, selecting 'foomatic-db-hpijs' for glob 'foomatic-db' Note, selecting 'foomatic-db-engine' for glob 'foomatic-db' Note, selecting 'foomatic-db' for glob 'foomatic-db' Note, selecting 'foomatic-db-gutenprint' for glob 'foomatic-db' Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: foomatic-db-compressed-ppds : Conflicts: foomatic-db Breaks: foomatic-db E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.
Attached Files	lshw.zip (3,927 bytes)

Date Modified	Username	Field	Change
2020-07-16 19:27	Paul Gerken	New Issue
2020-07-16 19:27	Paul Gerken	File Added: lshw.zip
2020-12-01 10:50	g0tmi1k	Severity	major => minor
2021-06-23 19:54	steev	Assigned To	=> steev
2021-06-23 19:54	steev	Status	new => closed
2021-06-23 19:54	steev	Resolution	open => no change required
2021-06-23 19:54	steev	Note Added: 0014794

steev 2021-06-23 19:54 manager ~0014794	foomatic-db-compressed-ppds : Conflicts: foomatic-db This means that the two packages cannot be installed at the same time. You need to either install foomatic-db or foomatic-db-compressed-ppds, but you can't install both.