Author: Rainer Weikusat Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] Removing of systemd causes removal of CUPS
"Antonio Trkdz.tab" <antoniotrkdz@???> writes: > I recently upgraded to Devuan from Wheezy.
> I investigate the possibility to remove any trace of systemd from my
> system, but
> in the list of packets to be purged there is also CUPS and a bunch of its
> dependencies.
>
> Maybe this has been already covered in other discussion, but I would like
> to know if there is a work around to keep CUPS or if you can suggest an
> alternative printing system.
I made a half-hearted attempt to setup CUPS when I got my present
printer but aborted that on the grounds of "Dammit, I just want print
something!" after ca 20 minutes. I'm currently using lprng (as I have
done since at least 1998) and it works fine for me (as it always did).