How can I find what package provides lpr in Arch?

Question

I'm trying to print a bunch of files to PDF files.

An online tutorial suggested I run lpr *.pdf in the directory but that yields the error bash: lpr: command not found.

When I run yay -S lpr I get this message:

==> Error: Could not find all required packages:
    lpr (Target)

If there's no lpr command for Arch, which package(s) do I need?

Does this answer your question? In Arch Linux how can I find out which package to install that will contain file X? — user1794469, Feb 07 '20 at 16:11

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 08 '20 at 00:43

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On my system, the lpr command is installed as part of cups:

$ pacman -F /usr/bin/lpr
usr/bin/lpr is owned by extra/cups 2.3.1-1

This is the main printing package for Linux, so you probably want to install it anyway.

answered Feb 08 '20 at 00:43

terdon

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