[Okular-devel] [okular] [Bug 313041] Cannot print using distant cups server

[Guillaume DE BURE]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=313041

--- Comment #2 from Guillaume DE BURE <guillaume.debure at gmail.com> ---
Yes, I did read the message, of course, but I should have been more explicit :)

lpr is not installed on my machine because it is part of the cups daemon (at
least in archlinux packages), which should not be mandatory for printing, since
the printer is attached to a distant cups server. 

Digging a bit more, I realize that this is not specific to okular, but to all
KDapps have a dependency onE apps. On the other hand, printing from libreoffice
*does* work without lpr installed.

So I guess there are three options:
1. lpr should be packaged with libcups and not with cupsdaemon, in which case
this would be an archlinux packaging issue
2. Or  libcups in not sufficient for KDE and cupsdaemon is required, in which
case this would also be an archlinux packaging issue
3. Or relying on lpr for printing in KDE is wrong and shall be changed

I didn't have this issue in 4.9.x series, where this setup worked perfectly.
Oh, and this is using libcups 1.6.1.

Is this a bit clearer, or do you need anything else ? Meanwhile, I'll be
investigating on possible packaging issues.

Guillaume

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