On 10/1/05, Eric Pretorious <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >From: Jared Barneck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: CUPS, Foomatic, and HPIJS? > >Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:27:51 -0600 > > > >Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > > >>On Thursday, 22. September 2005 20:42, Eric Pretorious wrote: > >> > >>>Thanks, Mike. I didn't have a chance to try it out: I decided to switch > >>>ack to Gentoo because of the steep learning curve that comes along with > >>>FreeBSD's ports & packages. > >>> > >>> > >Can I just say that moving back to Gentoo because of a "steep learning > >curve" is no just ironic, but down right funny. :-) > > Installing CUPS/HPIJS was as easy as... > > %> emerge cups ghostscript hpijs > > Portage automatically retrieves, compiles, and installs CUPS, GhostScript, > the complete Foomatic configurator, HPIJS, etc., etc. and > _integrates_them_all_. i.e., All of the HPIJS drivers/filters and Foomatic > drivers/filters are *already* present in the web-based CUPS interface. > > Now *that* is what I call a relatively-flat learning curve!!! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >
BTW, to do the same thing in FreeBSD you type: # portinstall cups -m 'WITH_CUPS=yes' hpijs ghostscript and all other dependencies are installed automatically. The -m switch tells hpijs to support cups, but if you omit it the port tells you about it. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
