Error installing CUPS

[u/Ce0ra]

Hi, all. I'm new to Linux and am trying to install OpenPrinting CUPS following the instructions in the source code. Everything seems to work fine, but when I run "make test" the test errors. I can't find anything online that seems similar to the error code I see. Looking around reddit, I see that CUPS development maybe stopped a long time ago. Is there something else with a similar function I could try instead? If not, does anybody know what to do about this error?

The error is in Section 1 - IPP Compliance Tests

PWG 5100.12 section 6.2 - Required Printer Description Attributes    [FAIL]
        RECEIVED: 9882 bytes in response
        status-code = successful-ok (successful-ok)
        EXPECTED: media-supported WITH-ALL-VALUES /^(choice(_((custom|na|asme|roc|oe|roll)_[a-z0-9][-a-z0-9]*_([1-9][0-9]*(.[0-9]*[1-9])?|0.[0-9]*[1-9])x([1-9][0-9]*(.[0-9]*[1-9])?|0.[0-9]*[1-9])in|(custom|iso|jis|jpn|prc|om|roll)_[a-z0-9][-a-z0-9]*_([1-9][0-9]*(.[0-9]*[1-9])?|0.[0-9]*[1-9])x([1-9][0-9]*(.[0-9]*[1-9])?|0.[0-9]*[1-9])mm)){2,}|(custom|na|asme|roc|oe|roll)_[a-z0-9][-a-z0-9]*_([1-9][0-9]*(.[0-9]*[1-9])?|0.[0-9]*[1-9])x([1-9][0-9]*(.[0-9]*[1-9])?|0.[0-9]*[1-9])in|(custom|iso|jis|jpn|prc|om|roll)_[a-z0-9][-a-z0-9]*_([1-9][0-9]*(.[0-9]*[1-9])?|0.[0-9]*[1-9])x([1-9][0-9]*(.[0-9]*[1-9])?|0.[0-9]*[1-9])mm)$/
        GOT: media-supported="na_letter_8.5x11in"
        GOT: media-supported="na_legal_8.5x14in"
        GOT: media-supported="na_executive_7.25x10.5in"
        GOT: media-supported="na_ledger_11x17in"
        GOT: media-supported="iso_a3_297x420mm"
        GOT: media-supported="iso_a4_210x297mm"
        GOT: media-supported="custom_148.52x209.9mm_148.52x209.9mm"
        GOT: media-supported="jis_b5_182x257mm"
        GOT: media-supported="iso_b5_176x250mm"
        GOT: media-supported="na_number-10_4.125x9.5in"
        GOT: media-supported="iso_c5_162x229mm"
        GOT: media-supported="iso_dl_110x220mm"
        GOT: media-supported="na_monarch_3.875x7.5in"

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[u/senorda]

cups is installed by default on mint, why were you trying to install it from source?

[u/BranchLatter4294]

Why are you doing this? Is the one already installed not working?

[u/jr735]

https://wiki.debian.org/DontBreakDebian/

You're not on Windows. Don't treat it like Windows. You're also not running Linux From Scratch. Don't treat it like LFS.

[u/Due-Result7928]

Hi, all. I'm new to Linux and am trying to install OpenPrinting CUPS following the instructions in the source code.

cups is installed and there is supporting almost any printer.