Disabling cups ?

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rezrey · Post by **rezrey** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:26 pm

I have no need for a printer so I have disabled cups globally in /etc/make.conf.

But when I want to emerge libreoffice, portage wants to install cups via ghostscript-gpl.

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[ebuild  N     ] net-print/cups-1.4.8-r1  USE="X acl dbus jpeg pam png ssl threads tiff -debug -gnutls -java -kerberos -ldap -perl -php -python -samba -slp -static-libs -xinetd" LINGUAS="-da -de -es -eu -fi -fr -id -it -ja -ko -nl -no -pl -pt -pt_BR -ru -sv -zh -zh_TW" 
[ebuild  N     ] app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.04-r4  USE="X cups dbus gtk -bindist -djvu -idn -jpeg2k -static-libs" LINGUAS="-ja -ko -zh_CN -zh_TW" 
[ebuild  N     ] app-office/libreoffice-3.4.3.2-r1  USE="dbus gtk opengl vba (-aqua) -bash-completion -binfilter -branding -custom-cflags -debug -eds -gnome -graphite -gstreamer -java -kde (-kdeenablefinal) -ldap -mysql -nsplugin -odk -python -templates -test -webdav" LINGUAS="-de -en_GB -en_ZA -es -fr -hu -it" 

The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
#required by net-print/cups-1.4.8-r1, required by app-office/libreoffice-3.4.3.2-r1, required by libreoffice (argument)
>=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.04-r4 cups

NOTE: This --autounmask behavior can be disabled by setting
      EMERGE_DEFAULT_OPTS="--autounmask=n" in make.conf.

I must be doing something stupid or missing something here but I can not figure out what...

This is on a fresh install. I never had this problem on previous installs
If somebody could point me in a right direction...
Thanks

ferreirafm · Post by **ferreirafm** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:43 pm

Hi rezrey,
f you don't want to to install cups, remove the cups USE flag from ghostscript them. It is the default for ghostscript and is independent from you make.conf. If you remove it, however, you won't be able to print to file throughout the virtual printer.
G'luck

rezrey · Post by **rezrey** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 5:51 pm

Thank you for your answer ferreirafm,

but even when I disable cups for ghostscript-gpl in /etc/portage/package.use
it still shows '+cups' ... ???

codestation · Post by **codestation** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:03 pm

The cups dep for libreoffice isn't optional (check the ebuild), so you are out of luck. You could ask the maintainer for that ebuild why the cups dep is enforced if it has a --enable-cups in the configure (i assume that it can be disabled too).

ferreirafm · Post by **ferreirafm** » Tue Nov 01, 2011 6:55 pm

Hi rezrey,
codestation is right, you can't disable the cups USE flag from libreoffice. If you really don't want to install cups, an alternative would be to mask cups or use the libreoffice-bin package. However, it may not work if libreoffice were hardly dependent on cups.
G'Luck

PM17E5 · Post by **PM17E5** » Mon Nov 07, 2011 4:20 pm

I too am kind of annoyed at this and have no need to print anything. For now I'm just going to go with it but I hope this gets resolved in the future ebuilds.

Post by **scarabeus** » Tue Nov 08, 2011 10:01 pm

It wont go away.

Configure switch in 3.4 series is broken.
3.5 series does not provide the switch anymore.

It used to switch between cups printing/internal hardcoded printing support, where the later was removed from 3.5 series.

krenshala · Post by **krenshala** » Sat Nov 19, 2011 4:53 pm

scarabeus wrote:It wont go away.

Configure switch in 3.4 series is broken.
3.5 series does not provide the switch anymore.

It used to switch between cups printing/internal hardcoded printing support, where the later was removed from 3.5 series.

So, no matter what I am forced to install cups on my system, even though I have been happy running without it for the last six years?

Oh, joy ... so instead of remerging about a dozen packages, I find I need to install 85 all because someone decided I needed to have cups installed.

seansmr · Post by **seansmr** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 9:01 am

How disappointing, to have to install a package that will never actually do anything.

At least, if you set cups in package.use and leave -cups in make.conf, you don't have to enable cups support in other packages.

avx · Post by **avx** » Sat Dec 24, 2011 10:13 am

seansmr wrote:At least, if you set cups in package.use and leave -cups in make.conf, you don't have to enable cups support in other packages.

Well, might as well not care in this situation, then...

I've also hit this and been pretty pissed about it, I used openoffice-bin for now, but since I only need calc and writer, I'm currently trying if I can live with abiword and gnumeric alone(don't need MS compability anyways).

As for the package, it's a shame thinking about the global plans for the "paperless office", but well, a lot of FOSS packages suck more and more.

Martux · Post by **Martux** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:08 am

Can't you put cups into /etc/portage/profile/package.provided?
Or maybe use the libreoffice-bin version?

avx · Post by **avx** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 3:35 pm

Martux wrote:Can't you put cups into /etc/portage/profile/package.provided?
Or maybe use the libreoffice-bin version?

Haven't tried package.provided, but lo-bin also tries to force cups

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USE=-cups emerge -ptv libreoffice-bin

These are the packages that would be merged, in reverse order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N     ] app-office/libreoffice-bin-3.4.3.2-r1  USE="(-aqua) -gnome -java -kde (-kdeenablefinal)" 105,744 kB
[nomerge       ]  net-print/cups-1.4.8-r22  USE="X acl dbus jpeg ldap pam png ssl threads tiff usb -debug -gnutls -java -kerberos -perl -php -python -samba -slp -static-libs -xinetd" LINGUAS="de -da -es -eu -fi -fr -id -it -ja -ko -nl -no -pl -pt -pt_BR -ru -sv -zh -zh_TW" 
[ebuild  N     ]   app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.04-r5  USE="X cups -bindist -dbus -djvu -gtk -idn -jpeg2k -static-libs" LINGUAS="-ja -ko -zh_CN -zh_TW" 29,181 kB
[ebuild  N     ]    net-print/cups-1.4.8-r22  USE="X acl dbus jpeg ldap pam png ssl threads tiff usb -debug -gnutls -java -kerberos -perl -php -python -samba -slp -static-libs -xinetd" LINGUAS="de -da -es -eu -fi -fr -id -it -ja -ko -nl -no -pl -pt -pt_BR -ru -sv -zh -zh_TW" 4,441 kB
[ebuild  N     ]     app-text/poppler-0.18.2  USE="cairo cxx introspection jpeg lcms png qt4 tiff utils xpdf-headers -cjk -curl -debug -doc -jpeg2k" 1,937 kB
[ebuild  N     ]    media-fonts/urw-fonts-2.4.9  USE="X" 3,124 kB
[ebuild  N     ]    app-text/poppler-data-0.4.5  4,030 kB
[ebuild  N     ]   net-nds/openldap-2.4.25-r1  USE="berkdb crypt ipv6 minimal ssl tcpd -cxx -debug -experimental -gnutls -icu -iodbc -kerberos -odbc -overlays -perl -samba -sasl (-selinux) -slp -smbkrb5passwd -syslog" 5,128 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  dev-libs/redland-1.0.15  USE="berkdb ssl xml -iodbc -mysql -odbc -postgres -sqlite -static-libs" 1,563 kB
[ebuild  N     ]   dev-libs/rasqal-0.9.28  USE="crypt mhash pcre xml -doc -gmp -static-libs -test" 1,473 kB
[ebuild  N     ]    media-libs/raptor-2.0.6  USE="curl unicode xml -debug -json -static-libs" 1,645 kB
[ebuild  N     ]    app-crypt/mhash-0.9.9.9  USE="-static-libs" 910 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  dev-db/unixODBC-2.3.0-r1  USE="minimal -odbcmanual -static-libs" 1,763 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  sci-mathematics/lpsolve-5.5.2.0  USE="-static-libs" 720 kB
[ebuild  N     ]   sci-libs/colamd-2.7.3  USE="-static-libs" 54 kB
[ebuild  N     ]    sci-libs/ufconfig-3.6.1  USE="-static-libs" 8 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  app-office/libreoffice-l10n-3.4.3-r3  USE="-offlinehelp" LINGUAS="de en -af -ar -as -ast -be -bg -bn -bo -br -brx -bs -ca -ca_XV -cs -cy -da -dgo -dz -el -en_GB -en_ZA -eo -es -et -eu -fa -fi -fr -ga -gl -gu -he -hi -hr -hu -id -is -it -ja -ka -kk -km -kn -ko -kok -ks -ku -lo -lt -lv -mai -mk -ml -mn -mni -mr -my -nb -ne -nl -nn -nr -nso -oc -or -pa_IN -pl -pt -pt_BR -ro -ru -rw -sat -sd -sh -sk -sl -sq -sr -ss -st -sv -sw_TZ -ta -te -tg -th -tn -tr -ts -ug -uk -uz -ve -vi -xh -zh_CN -zh_TW -zu" 5,439 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  app-text/libwpg-0.2.1  USE="-doc -static-libs" 328 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  dev-libs/hyphen-2.8.3  USE="-static-libs" 600 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  app-text/libwps-0.2.4  USE="-debug -doc -static-libs" 266 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  media-gfx/graphite2-1.0.3-r1  USE="-perl -test" 4,251 kB
[ebuild  N     ]  app-text/mythes-1.2.2  USE="-static-libs" 4,792 kB
[nomerge       ] net-print/cups-1.4.8-r22  USE="X acl dbus jpeg ldap pam png ssl threads tiff usb -debug -gnutls -java -kerberos -perl -php -python -samba -slp -static-libs -xinetd" LINGUAS="de -da -es -eu -fi -fr -id -it -ja -ko -nl -no -pl -pt -pt_BR -ru -sv -zh -zh_TW" 
[ebuild  N     ]  app-text/libpaper-1.1.24-r1  347 kB
[nomerge       ] app-text/libwps-0.2.4  USE="-debug -doc -static-libs" 
[ebuild  N     ]  app-text/libwpd-0.9.4  USE="tools -doc -test" 615 kB
[blocks B      ] app-office/libreoffice-bin ("app-office/libreoffice-bin" is blocking app-office/openoffice-bin-3.3.0)
[blocks B      ] app-office/openoffice-bin ("app-office/openoffice-bin" is blocking app-office/libreoffice-bin-3.4.3.2-r1)

Total: 23 packages (23 new), Size of downloads: 178,350 kB
Conflict: 2 blocks (2 unsatisfied)

 * Error: The above package list contains packages which cannot be
 * installed at the same time on the same system.

  (app-office/openoffice-bin-3.3.0::gentoo, installed) pulled in by
    app-office/openoffice-bin required by @selected

  (app-office/libreoffice-bin-3.4.3.2-r1::gentoo, ebuild scheduled for merge) pulled in by
    libreoffice-bin


For more information about Blocked Packages, please refer to the following
section of the Gentoo Linux x86 Handbook (architecture is irrelevant):

http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-x86.xml?full=1#blocked

The following USE changes are necessary to proceed:
#required by net-print/cups-1.4.8-r22, required by app-office/libreoffice-bin-3.4.3.2-r1, required by libreoffice-bin (argument)
>=app-text/ghostscript-gpl-9.04-r5 cups

Martux · Post by **Martux** » Mon Dec 26, 2011 9:49 pm

Tricky

Emerge cups, then libreoffice, then unmerge cups and put in in package.provided?

avx · Post by **avx** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:50 pm

Martux wrote:Tricky
Emerge cups, then libreoffice, then unmerge cups and put in in package.provided?

Haha, nein. Danke

May be a "solution", but now for me, just don't care enough.

Martux · Post by **Martux** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 1:52 pm

So did you find another solution or are you just going to live with cups? I mean who cares, you don't even have to start the service anyways.

avx · Post by **avx** » Tue Dec 27, 2011 2:06 pm

Well, as I said, I'm now using abiword/gnumeric and (la)tex. If I'd really need some of the office-suites, I could probably live with this dep, but then again, I could also ssh into wifey's Fedora-Box and use her printer.

acheron2 · Post by **acheron2** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 1:11 pm

How about a package that only installs CUPS headers? Will LibreOffice compile with that? Has anybody tried it?

Post by **asturm** » Sun Feb 19, 2012 3:44 pm

I understand the complaints about the cups dependency (have you tried yet to minimize the USE dependencies for the cups package? one can strip those down a lot) BUT if I understood correctly it's just a switch from some hardcoded internal printing code that was previously hidden from you but nevertheless existed, to a system dependency. Which is perfectly fine from a Gentoo viewpoint, or isn't it?

gerard27 · Post by **gerard27** » Wed Feb 29, 2012 10:10 am

I wish people would make up their minds re cups or no cups USE flag for lo.
I did emerge -uDN world yesterday and it re-emerged lo with +cups.
Today it wants to re-emerge lo again with -cups!!!
I do want to print from lo,will this prevent it from printing?
Gerard.