Minor problems with Minime - don't know what to install!

[alexham36]

I have downloaded Minime and used Synaptic to install Thunderbird, Firefox, Gwenview, Okular and Xsane. I cannot find Libre Office, so I am making do with Abyword, but I cannot get the printer to work and I have no sound. When I went onto Cups webpage it did not see any printers at all, so my guess is that I need to download something else, but I don't know what. Can you help, please? Also, what do I download for sound? Interestingly, the scanner part of the printer (Epson Stylus Office BX535WD) works OK and the connection is Wi-Fi.

The printer can be connected via Wi-Fi, USB or Ethernet lead, but there are no instructions what is needed for set up.The printer icon in Control Centre is dead.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

Alex

[mikkh]

PClinuxOS has put together scripts called 'tasks' which you can find in synaptic to install various things - like a whole new desktop, 'task-mate' for example will install all the programs required to have a full mate desktop.

Just put "task" (without the quotes) as a search term in synaptic, scroll down alphabetically to the T's and you will see among others 'task-printing

To install LibreOffice search for "lomanager" in synaptic. That will install LibreOffice for you

You could try 'task-multimedia' to help with the sound problem

[alexham36]

Printer now works and in Wi-Fi. I downloaded system-config-printer; task-printing-epson and task-printing-scanning. I will try the others later when I am on unlimited bandwidth.
Thanks,
Alex