[xubuntu-users] Ghostscript gone?

[wim.dukker]

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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