Beyond Linux® From Scratch - Version 2013-05-19

Chapter 42. Printing

cups-filters-1.0.34

Introduction to CUPS Filters

The CUPS Filters package contains backends, filters and other software that was once part of the core CUPS distribution but is no longer maintained by Apple Inc.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.2 platform.

Package Information

CUPS Filters Dependencies

Required

Cups-1.6.2, IJS-0.35, Little CMS-2.4, Poppler-0.22.4 and Qpdf-4.1.0

Recommended

libjpeg-turbo-1.2.1, libpng-1.6.2 and LibTIFF-4.0.3

Optional

Avahi-0.6.31

Required (Runtime)

ghostscript-9.06 (Needed for PostScript printers)

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/cups-filters

Installation of CUPS Filters

Install CUPS Filters by running the following commands: 

./configure --prefix=/usr                               \
            --sysconfdir=/etc                           \
            --docdir=/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.0.34 \
            --without-rcdir                             \
            --with-gs-path=/usr/bin/gs                  \
            --with-pdftops-path=/usr/bin/gs             \
            --disable-avahi                             \
            --disable-static                            &&
make

This package does not have working test suite.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Command Explanations

--without-rcdir: This switch disables installation of the bundled bootscript which is not compatible with BLFS.

--with-gs-path=/usr/bin/gs: This switch defines the path to the GhostScript binary in case ghostscript-9.06 is not installed at build time.

--with-pdftops-path=/usr/bin/gs: This switch defines the path to the GhostScript binary in case ghostscript-9.06 is not installed at build time.

--disable-avahi: This switch is required if you have not installed Avahi-0.6.31.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

Contents

Installed Programs: ttfread and cups-browsed
Installed Libraries: libcupsfilters.so and libfontembed.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/cupsfilters, /usr/include/fontembed, /usr/share/cups/banners, /usr/share/cups/charsets, /usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.0.34 and /usr/share/ppd/cups-filters

Short Descriptions

libcupsfilters.so

contains CUPS Filters API functions.

Last updated on 2013-04-14 12:48:41 +0000