Re: trying to set up a print server; installation problems. Please help

[linux <linux@austrialpinusa.com>]

Hi,

s. keeling wrote:

> Incoming from Eduard Breuer:
>  
>
> > I searched the web first and also googled the debian site and here is 
> > the resource I got:
> > http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-mini/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing.html 
> > to start with the possible source of my troble.
> > I followed the instructions and did:
> > 1) apt-get update.
> > successfull
> > 2)apt-get install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client foomatic-bin samba 
> > smbclient qs-esp a2ps
> >
> > I got my first error message:
> > couldn`t find package qs-esp
> >    
>
> Try _g_s-esp.  Aptitude saves a log of what it does; consider:
>
>  
tryied this. Same result
E: Couldn`t find package

>  apt-get update
>  
ok

>  aptitude update
>  
Command not found.

>  aptitude install cupsys cupsys-bsd cupsys-client foomatic-bin samba \
>     smbclient gs-esp a2ps
>
>
>  
I will have to google a bit on aptitude, but if anybidy has a guess why 
I can not find that package or what I am doing wrong , it would make me 
happy.
ed.