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15.1 Installation problems</H2>
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15.1.1 Package installation problems / setup problems</H3>
<P class="western">Possible reasons for installation problems are:</P>
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<LI>
<P class="western">You are trying to install the 64bit download version
of TurboPrint on a 32bit Linux installation. Even if the computer has a
64bit CPU, it is possible to use a 32bit Linux installation that
accepts only 32bit applications.</P>
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<LI>
<P class="western">The wrong package version was used. There are three
TurboPrint download packages:</P>
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<P class="nummerierung-2-fortsetzung-western"><B>.deb</B> for Ubuntu and
other Debian package compatible Linux distributions</P>
<P class="nummerierung-2-fortsetzung-western"><B>.rpm</B> for Fedora,
SuSE and other RedHat package manager compatible Linux distributions</P>
<P class="nummerierung-2-fortsetzung-western"><B>.tgz</B> for all Linux
distributions (installation from command line)</P>
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<LI>
<P class="western">Missing system libraries – see the following sections
for troubleshooting</P>
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<P class="western"><B>Installation of .tgz archive</B></P>
<P class="western">After extracting the archive, start the installation
from a terminal window using the command</P>
<PRE class="western">./setup</PRE>
<P class="western" style="margin-top: 0.2cm; margin-bottom: 0.2cm"> or</P>
<PRE class="western">sudo ./setup</PRE>
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(see chapter “<A class="western" href="4-1.html#4.1.2.Installation of TGZ archive|outline">
4.1.2 Installation of TGZ archive</A>”). An installation problem is
often indicated by an error message, for example</P>
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</P>
<PRE class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.2cm">setup: error while loading shared libraries: libgtk-2.0... </PRE>
<P class="western"> which means that the system library “libgtk-2.0” is
missing. On Ubuntu/Debian systems this library can be added with the
command</P>
<PRE class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.2cm">sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-bin</PRE>
<P class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">
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If you cannot solve the problem, you can submit a trouble report (see
chapter "<A class="western" href="15-4.html#15.4.Submitting a trouble report|outline">
15.4 Submitting a trouble report</A>").</P>
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<P class="western"><B>DEB package installation</B></P>
<P class="western">If package installation fails, check the installation
output for error messages on the command line. When using a GUI package
manager like gdebi, click on “terminal” to see the installation
messages.</P>
<P class="western">The error message(s) should explain the problem, for
example</P>
<PRE class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.2cm">Dependency is not satisfiable: libgtk2.0-bin</PRE>
<P class="western"> means that the system library “libgtk-2.0” is
missing. On Ubuntu/Debian systems the library can be added with the
command</P>
<PRE class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.2cm">sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-bin</PRE>
<P class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<!--span lang="en-US"-->
If you cannot solve the problem, you can submit a trouble report (see
chapter "<A class="western" href="15-4.html#15.4.Submitting a trouble report|outline">
15.4 Submitting a trouble report</A>").</P>
<P class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">
</P>
<P class="western"><B>RPM package installation</B></P>
<P class="western">We recommend to try installation from command line to
get a detailed error message. Make sure that the TurboPrint .rpm
download package is present in the home directory “/home/<username>”.
Then open a “Terminal” window.</P>
<P class="western">Enter the command “ls” (list files) to make sure that
the file “turboprint-2.xx-x.i586.rpm” is present in the current
directory (“xx-x” and “i586” indicate the TurboPrint version and
processor architecture). Then enter the command</P>
<PRE class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.2cm">sudo rpm --install turboprint-2.xx-x.i586.rpm</PRE>
<P class="western"> (replace “xx-x” and “i586” as in the actual package
name). Your admin password will be requested.</P>
<P class="western">The error message(s) should explain the problem, for
example</P>
<PRE class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.2cm">error: Failed dependencies: libgtk-2.0... is needed by
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turboprint-2.xx-x.i586</PRE>
<P class="western"> means that the system library “libgtk-2.0” is
missing. Use the package manager of your Linux installation to add the
missing system components.</P>
<P class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0cm">
<!--span lang="en-US"-->
If you cannot solve the problem, you can send us a trouble report (see
chapter "<A class="western" href="15-4.html#15.4.Submitting a trouble report|outline">
15.4 Submitting a trouble report</A>").</P>
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15.1.2 Printer port not found during printer installation</H3>
<P class="western">When adding a USB printer in TurboPrint Control
Center, your printer should be shown in the list of printer ports
(e.g.: "Canon PIXMA iP4500 TP-USB #1").</P>
<P class="western">If you cannot find your printer in the list, make
sure that your printer is connected and powered on.</P>
<P class="western">On some Linux installations it is necessary to start
the TurboPrint control center as administrator (“root” user). Open a
terminal windows and enter</P>
<PRE class="western" style="margin-bottom: 0.2cm">sudo turboprint</PRE>
<P class="western"> Then try to add your printer again.</P>
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