Cups 1.2 or higher required ?

[its_jon]

I recently installed Ubuntu 9.4 on a laptop.... sorted out the wireless chip, thought everything was ok....
however the Lexmark printer is not working...

I have followed these instructions which appear to be full of hope:-
http://forums.linux-foundation.org/r...p?29,9780,9780

When I run the installer I get the error

The installer has detected the operating system does not meet CUPS minimum version requirements. Please install CUPS version 1.2 or higher and run the installer again.

I checked in synaptic and found (or assume) to be running a higher version of Cups
Cups 1,3,9-17 ?????

Help please
John in
Scotland

[nathan726]

I had the same problem (Ubuntu 9.04, CUPS version 1.3.9) and I wanted to get my Lexmark X2630 printer working. Do this in the terminal (but change home/nathan/downloads to the path of the .zip you downloaded):

cd '/home/nathan/downloads'
unzip 'lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.zip'
./lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh --noexec --target lexmark_install

Now we have extracted the files and you need to fix "is_cups_version_ok" function near the end of the 'lexmark_install/config/run.lua' file. It's quite easy - just open it in a text editor and insert '--[[' and '--]]' like this:

function is_cups_version_ok()
    local bRet = true
    --[[local packager = get_system_packaging()
    local tmp_path = g_mysecurepath
    local busehome = false
    
    if tmp_path ~= nil and os.fileexists(tmp_path) then
         use home        
        if os.fileexists(tmp_path .. '/cups_packages_072006') then
            os.remove(tmp_path .. '/cups_packages_072006')
        end        
        
        if os.fileexists(tmp_path .. '/cups_packages_072006') then        
            tmp_path = install.gettempdir()
        else
            busehome = true
        end        
    else
        tmp_path = install.gettempdir()
    end

    if packager == "rpm" then
        os.execute('rpm -qa|grep cups > ' .. tmp_path .. '/cups_packages_072006')
        cups_packages = shell_execute('cat ' .. tmp_path .. '/cups_packages_072006')
        if cups_packages ~= nil and #cups_packages > 0 then
            for _,cupspackage in pairs(cups_packages) do
                cups_item = hyphen_replace(cupspackage)
                if string.find(cups_item,'cups_1.1.')==1 then
                    bRet = false
                    break
                end
            end
        else
            bRet = false 
        end
    elseif packager == "dpkg" then
        os.execute("dpkg -l | grep cups | awk '{print $2$3}' > " .. tmp_path .. "/cups_packages_072006")
        cups_packages = shell_execute('cat ' .. tmp_path .. '/cups_packages_072006')
        if cups_packages ~= nil and #cups_packages > 0 then
            for _,cupspackage in pairs(cups_packages) do
                cups_item = cupspackage
                if string.find(cups_item,'cups1.1.')==1 or string.find(cups_item,'cupsys1.1.')==1 then
                    bRet = false
                    break
                end
            end
        else
            bRet = false 
        end
    else

    end
    
    if busehome == true then
         os.remove(tmp_path .. '/cups_packages_072006')
    end
    --]]
    return bRet
end

Now the file is fixed, it's time to install it:

cd '/home/nathan/downloads/lexmark_install'
sudo ./startupinstaller.sh

Note: it will install without checking your cups version. So make sure you have cups version above 1.2 - if you want to find what cups version you have just type 'http://localhost:631/' into your web browser address bar.

[afrodeity]

Great stuff. I think Lexmark patched their X2650 driver. Because they asked me to download it again and assured me it would work on 64bit. Installer runs without the cups problem but clearly does not support 64!!!!!

[afrodeity]

I opened the installer and see that there is some attempt to cater for 64bit architecture

CURRENT_ARCH=`uname -m`
    # iX86 --> x86
    echo $CURRENT_ARCH | grep "i.86" >/dev/null && CURRENT_ARCH="x86"

    # Solaris uses i86pc instead of x86 (or i*86), convert
    echo $CURRENT_ARCH | grep "i86pc" >/dev/null && CURRENT_ARCH="x86"   

	# Some platforms use x86_64, some amd64...lets just stick to one :)
	echo $CURRENT_ARCH | grep "amd64" >/dev/null && CURRENT_ARCH="x86_64" # Convert amd64 --> x86_64
	
    echo "CPU Arch: $CURRENT_ARCH"

but it doesn't work, just defaults to 32bit and fails to install.

[its_jon]

Now we have extracted the files, you need to edit "is_cups_version_ok" function in the 'lexmark_install/config/run.lua' file so that it will return true no matter what. Just open it in a text editor and add '--[[' and '--]]' like this:

I only have one file in the archive ?
deb.sh ?

I can not find 'Lexmark_install/config/run.lua ?????????

help

[nathan726]

but it doesn't work, just defaults to 32bit and fails to install.

Sorry, I don't have a clue when it comes to 64bit installs... maybe this driver is 32bit only??

I only have one file in the archive ?
deb.sh ?

I can not find 'Lexmark_install/config/run.lua ?????????

help

Yep after you extract the .zip file you do have a .sh file, but that ain't the end of the story. The .sh file is an executable archive.
You can extract it's contents - open the terminal and then "cd" to the directory which has your .sh file and extract it's contents using this code, like I mentioned above:

./lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh --noexec --target lexmark_install

You will then have all the files extracted to a to the "lexmark_install" folder.

[Magic_Spehar]

I have the same issue. I switched to Ubuntu 9.04 64 bit I can't do anything with my Lexmark X2650 since the existing driver only works with 32 bit. I can't use getlibs either since the driver is not .deb but in a script .sh

[Magic_Spehar]

I found the solution for the missing 64 bit linux driver of my Lexmark X2650. I guess there will be an similar solution for all people with a Lexmark X-series printer and a 64-bit Ubuntu system.
You need a part of the code that Nathan726 used in this thread (thanks for that, by the way...)

Now, here's the complete solution
---------------------------------
* download lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.zip for Ubuntu 32 bit from the Lexmark website
* unzip 'lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.zip'
* enter in a terminal: sudo ./lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh --noexec --target lexmark_install
* Now go to your directory lexmark_install
* In that directory you'll find a file named arch.tar Unzip that file.
* Once unzipped you'll find lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
* Ok, now download and install the program getlibs from http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/ (just get getlibs-all.deb and install) Getlibs is a wonderful tool that takes care of all the missing 32 bit libs automatically.
* enter in a terminal: sudo getlibs -i lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
* now your Lexmark should do its job ...

[satish.bhawra.88]

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[afrodeity]

I found the solution for the missing 64 bit linux driver of my Lexmark X2650. I guess there will be an similar solution for all people with a Lexmark X-series printer and a 64-bit Ubuntu system.
You need a part of the code that Nathan726 used in this thread (thanks for that, by the way...)

Now, here's the complete solution
---------------------------------
* download lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.zip for Ubuntu 32 bit from the Lexmark website
* unzip 'lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh.zip'
* enter in a terminal: sudo ./lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb.sh --noexec --target lexmark_install
* Now go to your directory lexmark_install
* In that directory you'll find a file named arch.tar Unzip that file.
* Once unzipped you'll find lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
* Ok, now download and install the program getlibs from http://frozenfox.freehostia.com/cappy/ (just get getlibs-all.deb and install) Getlibs is a wonderful tool that takes care of all the missing 32 bit libs automatically.
* enter in a terminal: sudo getlibs -i lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
* now your Lexmark should do its job ...

Doing this installed some libraries but what then? Sorry to be a complete nonse, but I also tried the original installer which still doesn't install.

 sudo getlibs -i lexmark-inkjet-08-driver-1.0-1.i386.deb
[sudo] password for afrodeity: 
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
ia32-libs is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 7 not upgraded.
Installing libraries ...