Installing Printer Utility

FredGSanford · 04-24-2020, 07:59 PM

I recently got a new Epson WF-3720 AIO printer. I have the printer & scanner working. Debian supplied the printer driver and I downloaded the scanner & printer utility files from Epson website.

Trying to install the printer utility drivers, I keep getting this error message:

Code:

$ sudo gdebi ./epson-printer-utility_1.1.1-1lsb3.2_amd64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: lsb (>= 3.2)

Searching around I found that lsb is a virtual package so I'm not exactly sure what to do at this point.

Any ideas or suggestions on how to solve this issue?

I am following these instructions on this site:
https://tutorialforlinux.com/2020/03...n-buster-10/3/

Thanks.

ferrari · 04-24-2020, 08:34 PM

Just in case this is relevant...
http://forums.debian.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=142749

In particular, this post...

Quote:

There is a Debian package already in the Debian repos
https://packages.debian.org/source/b...-printer-escpr

FredGSanford · 04-24-2020, 09:13 PM

@ferrari, thanks for the link, but the printer is working. I'm having an issue with the Utility pkg. It's really no big deal either, I can do without it!

ferrari · 04-24-2020, 09:59 PM

My bad. Does this help re utility?
https://tutorialforlinux.com/2019/07...-easy-guide/4/

FredGSanford · 04-28-2020, 02:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferrari

My bad. Does this help re utility?
https://tutorialforlinux.com/2019/07...-easy-guide/4/

That link is an earlier version of the link I posted above. I guess lsb has been deprecated in Buster. I'll have to do without it, I guess. All it does is show gui of of the ink levels and other info.

It does work with Mageia Linux.

Thanks anyway.

ferrari · 04-28-2020, 02:58 PM

Quote:

I guess lsb has been deprecated in Buster.

Yes, since 2015 actually...
https://lwn.net/Articles/658809/

Here is a similar thread where it is advised to create it via rpm package and Alien...
https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...ll-lsb-package

FredGSanford · 04-28-2020, 03:34 PM

I'll look it over.

Thanks.

FredGSanford · 05-04-2020, 11:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ferrari

Here is a similar thread where it is advised to create it via rpm package and Alien...
https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...ll-lsb-package

I tried converting the .rpm pkg to .deb and after installing I'm still getting the same error message.

Quote:

$ sudo gdebi ./epson*printer-utility*lsb*.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Reading state information... Done
This package is uninstallable
Dependency is not satisfiable: lsb (>= 3.2)

I wonder if the name is making a difference? The converted pkg is named redhat-lsb

Answer 2 from the link above states:

Quote:

debian recommend to create the deb package through alien (from rpm)

I wonder what does he mean by "debian recommend"? Why they didn't choose an Ubuntu pkg?

Just curious.