Issues with Cups on Ubuntu 14.04

[helio.cola]

Afternoon folks,

I am having a few issues compiling cups library on my ubuntu.
The latest version I was able to compile and run without major problems was 1.7.5.

It does compile and run but the command lpstat -p (and also -a) is logging the following errors:
desk@desk-home:~$ lpstat -p
lpstat: symbol lookup error: lpstat: undefined symbol: _cupsStrDate

The command -t is interesting because it prints a few things but it fails near to the end:
desk@desk-home:~$ lpstat -t
scheduler is running
system default destination: Canon_MG3100_series
device for Canon_MG3100_series: usb://Canon/MG3100%20series
lpstat: symbol lookup error: lpstat: undefined symbol: _cupsStrDate


I've trying to find out what is wrong for a few days already without any progress.

Does anybody seen something similar before?

Follow a few more configs:
desk@desk-home:~$ cups-config --version
1.7.5
desk@desk-home:~$ cups-config --libs
-lcups -lssl -lcrypto -lz -lpthread -lm -lcrypt -lz
desk@desk-home:~$ cups-config --serverbin
/usr/lib/cups
desk@desk-home:~$ cups-config --serverroot
/etc/cups
desk@desk-home:~$ cups-config --build
cups-1.7.5
desk@desk-home:~$ cups-config --api-version
1.6

UPDATE: make test on my installation folder indicates that lpstat -t pass the test successfully and print the date at the end correctly.
I am starting to suspect that I may have more than one cups library installed on my system and they might be fighting each other.


Thanks,
Helio

[SeijiSensei]

Is there some reason why the version of CUPS in the repositories doesn't work for you? Compiling your own software is usually unnecessary unless there is some new feature of a program that you need. You'll get much better support here and elsewhere if you use the repository versions rather than rolling your own.

[gordintoronto]

+1!

[rmisk]

I am using cups-config version 2.0.2 from the repository and I am having the exactly the same problem. Of course I have absolutely no idea about what is the problem. Printers with Ubuntu have always been an enigma with me it always takes hours to get something printed. Then a few days later I do exactly the same process but then Ubuntu wants something else!!! Thank goodness I have access to a windows OS from which I can always print reliably! What's up with that??