G'day ardaniel,
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I didn't have Net::CUPS installed either;
attempting to install resulted in the same error you've reported.
I don't actually want that module; however, here's the procedure to follow for this, and other modules,
which require 3rd-party resources.
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Go to the CPAN page for the module: Net::CUPS
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At the top of the page you'll see
"{author-link} / {distribution-link} / {module-name}".
In this instance, {distribution-link} is Net-CUPS-0.64; follow that link.
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You're now at the distribution page.
You'll see a number of links to various files: you're looking for either INSTALL or README.
If both are present, you may need to read both of them.
In this case, there's no INSTALL; so follow the
README link.
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About halfway down you'll see DEPENDENCIES.
This is a common section in README files with information about libraries, and so on, you may need to install.
For Net::CUPS, it's pointing you to http://www.cups.org.
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You'll need to find downloads appropriate for your operating system.
In general, aim to get the most recent.
Not knowing what OS you're using; I'll leave you to work out the rest yourself.
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evidently I have the wrong CUPS version installed
I think it is more likely that you don't have cups-config installed, or it isn't in your PATH or you don't have the requisite privileges to run it. What is the output when you run
cups-config --version
which is what Makefile.PL uses to determine the version?
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Command 'cups-config' not found, but can be installed with:
sudo apt install libcups2-dev
After installing the libcups2-dev I was able to install Net::CUPS and create a test file to print a file to the printer. Thanks hippo! | [reply]
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