On Saturday 25 May 2002 14:38, John Lamb wrote: - I don't recall that it makes much difference which order you use to - compile CUPS and gimp-print. You need to compile gimp-print before - ghostscript because gimp-print provides some extra functionality for - ghostscript. However, I would recommend that you don't compile - ghostscript because: - (a) it's much more difficult: you have to put together source code from - several different locations to get the full ghostscript, then you have - to make careful adjustments by hand to the configuration, and when - you've installed the new version, you probably have to make yet more - adjustments to get it to work; - (b) the version of ghostscript that comes with 7.3 will work with the - new version of gimp-print anyway; - (c) even if you install ghostscript correctly, you probably won't notice - any difference - I certainly didn't. Thanks for replying, John. OK, Ghostscript stays out of the equation at this point. - > 2) I haven't found anything in the install.txt or readme.txt files for CUPS - > that mentions a special procedure to compile cups for gimp-print. As was - > pointed out by Anthony on the list. Maybe I am reading this wrong, is it cups - > that should be compiled in a special way for gimp-print or vice versa? the - > original posting included the following: - - CUPS seems to install without any problems on SuSE 7.3, though you may - not see any difference in the latest version. - - > 3) In lieu of any advice on these issues, I have tried to .7configure and - > make CUPS on my own. Come on guys, I am a newbie, I still have to use an old - > e-mail for reference to figure out how to compile a program, but as soon as I - > decide on an Epson C80 printer, than all of the advice dries up. From - > postings on the list, it seems like there are a number of other people out - > there that are not newbies and haven't been successful with this process. - > Assistance please! - > - > Can anyone tell me if CUPS configured properly? - - These are warnings rather than errors and very common in compiling C - code. The compilation looks correct. Good, I have now done a make install.That should be it for CUPS, as far as the install process is concerned, correct? - == - Here are my notes for isnatlling gimp-print. You don't need either - ghostscript or CUPS to get this to work. - == - Download gimp-print-4.2.0 from http://gimp-print.sourceforge.net - Create a symbolic link to /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/gimp-print-4.2.0.tar.gz - Use konqueror (link) or - # ln -s gimp-print-4.2.0.tar.gz - /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/gimp-print-4.2.0.tar.gz I have already uncompressed without the symbolic link and did not uncompress in /usr/src/packages/SOURCES/. Does this make a difference? - Uncompress: - # cd /usr/src/packages/SOURCES - # tar zxvf gimp-print-4.2.0.tar.gz - Remove link (no longer needed) - # rm gimp-print-4.2.0.tar.gz - Change directory and compile - # cd gimp-print-4.2.0 - Read README. I have the Gimp version 1.20, so I would like to include the Gimp plug in. ./configure [--with-gimp]. There is also info in the readme file about foomatic. Is this anything I should consider? - # CFLAGS="-O2 -march=i686" ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-cups In my case, I have an Athlon 1800 XP processor. Would this then be -march=k6? My assumption is that the full string with the above preconditions would be something like this: # CFLAGS="-O2 -march=ik6" ./configure --prefix=/usr --with-cups --with-gimp Correct? What should I look for with regards to potential error messages with the ./configure and make commands? - # make - # su - # make install - # exit Now, I would assume that I need to go into YAST 2 or Webmin, which I also have and configure the printer to my parallel port? - Notes: - Only use -march=i686 if you are sure you have a 686 (PII or celeron or - better) - processor. AMD users can use -march=k6. Pentium (original) users can use - -march=i585. If you don't have gimp installed, you may want to use - --without-gimp after --with-cups. You don't need to tell gimp-print whether - or not you intend to recompile ghostscript. The --prefix=/usr puts - gimp-print in the /usr directory, which is more sensible with a SuSE - installation. Many thanks for the time and advice so far. Cheers, Brian