Re: Hewlett-Packard package conflicts
On Tue, 05 Jul 2005, Gayle Lee Fairless wrote:
> I posted a question to Debian User about package conflicts between
> hpoj(sp?) and hplip(sp?) that are for parallel HP printers and usb HP
> printers. My HP 697C is parallel, and my HP psc1210 is usb.
The conflicts will be removed in etch. hplip has already removed them in
sid, after I manage to make sure things do work alright, I will ask the hpoj
mainainter to do so as well.
hplip does NOT connect to any printer unless you configure it to do so, so
it is safe. HPOJ, you will have to use some sort of command (I don't know
which) to tell it to stay away from the USB ports, and then configure HPLIP
to use them.
> I wonder if it is possible to force aptitude to install those 2
> conflicting packages and somehow match them to the appropriate printer?
>
You will need to use a backport of the sid hplip package (not yet uploaded,
maybe when 0.9.4 shows up), and to modify hpoj to stop conflicting with
hplip.
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