Missing or broken libcups.so.2 library

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Description

This library is needed to access printers managed by the Common Unix Printing System (CUPS). Without it printing is most likely impossible so this is strongly recommended for office-type applications.

Resolution

On CrossOver 17 and greater, the simplest solution to fix this issue is to run:

/path/to/cxoffice/bin/cxfix missinglibcups missinglibcups.amd64

Or add --show-all to see how CrossOver would fix it on your platform and others.

Alternatively you may try one of the commands below.

  • For 32-bit Windows applications
    32-bit Arch Linux : pacman -Syu libcups
    64-bit Arch Linux : pacman -Syu lib32-libcups
    Debian : apt-get install libcups2:i386
    32-bit Fedora : yum install cups-libs
    64-bit Fedora : yum install cups-libs.i686 cups-libs.x86_64
    32-bit openSUSE >= 11.2 : zypper install cups-libs
    64-bit openSUSE >= 11.2 : zypper install cups-libs-32bit
    32-bit openSUSE >= 15.0 : zypper install libcups2
    64-bit openSUSE >= 15.0 : zypper install libcups2-32bit
  • For 64-bit Windows applications
    Arch Linux : pacman -Syu libcups
    Debian : apt-get install libcups2:amd64
    Fedora : yum install cups-libs.x86_64
    openSUSE >= 11.2 : zypper install cups-libs
    openSUSE >= 15.0 : zypper install libcups2

Notes:

  • cxfix --show-all may have more up-to-date fixes.
  • The commands usually also apply to newer versions of the distributions above as well as derived distributions. So for instance a fix for Debian 7 may still be valid for the latest Debian Testing and is typically also applicable to Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Deepin and Pop! OS. Similarly a fix for Fedora likely also works on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, etc.

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Last modified on 2023-09-29 10:53:54 UTC by Andrew Balfour

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