[NBLUG/talk] apt-get problems

[Bob Blick]

> Have you recently updated your package lists? You may want to apt-get
> update and possibly perform an upgrade...

I have updated the package lists. These printer filters are from "some 
guys repository" for his Ubuntu Edgy machine.

I am very reluctant to do an upgrade, since there's a possibility I can 
screw up the system in a way that affects something critical and need to 
reinstall to fix it. But I'm just basing that on the experience of 
others on this list as they have reported.

As it is, if I can force the printer filters to install, the worst that 
can happen is I won't be able to install this printer. I've recently 
decided that if there isn't a quick fix to a linux issue I will not 
attempt anything further, it's a moving target and winning a long-fought 
battle with some issue doesn't get me any further in linux's war for the 
desktop. Or something like that :) Maybe since I have two jobs I just 
don't have the time and I just want to poke it with a stick.

Cheerful regards,

Bob