1<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> 2 3<html> 4 <head> 5 <meta name="generator" content="HTML Tidy, see www.w3.org"> 6 <title>Linux</title> 7 <meta name="GENERATOR" content= 8 "Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"> 9 <link rel="HOME" title=" LPRng Reference Manual" href= 10 "index.htm"> 11 <link rel="UP" title="System Specific Notes " href= 12 "systemspecific.htm"> 13 <link rel="PREVIOUS" title="System Specific Notes " href= 14 "systemspecific.htm"> 15 <link rel="NEXT" title="AIX" href="aix.htm"> 16 </head> 17 18 <body class="SECT1" bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000" link= 19 "#0000FF" vlink="#840084" alink="#0000FF"> 20 <div class="NAVHEADER"> 21 <table summary="Header navigation table" width="100%" border= 22 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 23 <tr> 24 <th colspan="3" align="center">LPRng Reference Manual: 5 25 Sep 2003 (For LPRng-3.8.22)</th> 26 </tr> 27 28 <tr> 29 <td width="10%" align="left" valign="bottom"><a href= 30 "systemspecific.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 31 32 <td width="80%" align="center" valign="bottom">Chapter 3. 33 System Specific Notes</td> 34 35 <td width="10%" align="right" valign="bottom"><a href= 36 "aix.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 37 </tr> 38 </table> 39 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 40 </div> 41 42 <div class="SECT1"> 43 <h1 class="SECT1"><a name="LINUX">3.2. Linux</a></h1> 44 45 <p>There is no universal way to install <b class= 46 "APPLICATION">LPRng</b> cleanly on all of the different Linux 47 systems. The major difficulty is the fragmentation in the 48 various libraries, location of files, and system 49 dependencies. If the <b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> 50 installation procedure does not install the software 51 correctly, please use the following remedial steps.</p> 52 53 <ol type="1"> 54 <li> 55 <p>Check the <b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> web site <a 56 href="http://www.lprng.com" target= 57 "_top">http://www.lprng.com</a> and see if there is a 58 Linux Release RPM or other binary distribution for your 59 version of Linux. If not, then you will have to do a 60 source install.</p> 61 </li> 62 63 <li> 64 <p>Obtain the source distribution and follow the 65 instructions outlined in other sections to compile and 66 install the software. Use the following configuration 67 options which correspond to Linux:</p> 68 69 <div class="INFORMALEXAMPLE"> 70 <a name="AEN1533"></a> 71<pre class="SCREEN"> 72 <samp class="PROMPT">h4: {72} #</samp> <kbd class= 73"USERINPUT">./configure --prefix=/usr \ 74 --sysconfdir=/etc --mandir=/usr/share/man</kbd> 75 <samp class="PROMPT">h4: {73} #</samp> <kbd class= 76"USERINPUT">make clean all install</kbd> 77 <samp class="PROMPT">h4: {74} #</samp> <kbd class= 78"USERINPUT">checkpc -f</kbd> 79</pre> 80 </div> 81 <br> 82 <br> 83 </li> 84 85 <li> 86 <p>You may need to modify your existing printcap file by 87 adding the <var class="OPTION">:bkf</var> flag as shown 88 below, or replace the entries with other filters.</p> 89 90 <div class="INFORMALEXAMPLE"> 91 <a name="AEN1544"></a> 92<pre class="SCREEN"> 93 lp:\ 94 :if=/usr/local/libexec/lpr/hplaserjet3:\ 95 :bkf:\ # added to the printcap by hand 96 :... 97</pre> 98 </div> 99 <br> 100 <br> 101 </li> 102 103 <li> 104 <p>Test the system by printing a file. If this does not 105 work, then you will have to determine if the problem is 106 in the print spooling software or in the filter. See the 107 section on <b class="APPLICATION">ifhp</b> for directions 108 on how to replace the vendor supplied filters with <b 109 class="APPLICATION">ifhp</b>.</p> 110 </li> 111 </ol> 112 <br> 113 <br> 114 </div> 115 116 <div class="NAVFOOTER"> 117 <hr align="LEFT" width="100%"> 118 119 <table summary="Footer navigation table" width="100%" border= 120 "0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"> 121 <tr> 122 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top"><a href= 123 "systemspecific.htm" accesskey="P">Prev</a></td> 124 125 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href= 126 "index.htm" accesskey="H">Home</a></td> 127 128 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top"><a href= 129 "aix.htm" accesskey="N">Next</a></td> 130 </tr> 131 132 <tr> 133 <td width="33%" align="left" valign="top">System Specific 134 Notes</td> 135 136 <td width="34%" align="center" valign="top"><a href= 137 "systemspecific.htm" accesskey="U">Up</a></td> 138 139 <td width="33%" align="right" valign="top">AIX</td> 140 </tr> 141 </table> 142 </div> 143 </body> 144</html> 145 146