Using the bash script shown below I have created a Slackware Package for the latest version of hplip. (This script has been used for several years with each new release of hplip & hpoj before the project name change, modified appropriately.)
#!/bin/bash #2007JUN29 NAME=hplip V=2.7.6 SRCNAME=$NAME-$V.tar.gz PKGNAME=$NAME-$V-i686-rds.tgz BUILD=$TMPDIR/$NAME-$V PKG=$BUILD/slack DEV0=/dev/null Build() { if [[ ! -e $SRCNAME ]] then echo Fetch $SRCNAME ; setterm -cursor on ; exit fi echo Extract ; rm -fr $BUILD ; tar -xzf $SRCNAME ; cd $BUILD echo Configure ./configure --disable-network-build --disable-pp-build \ --disable-gui-build --disable-foomatic-xml-install \ --disable-doc-build --enable-foomatic-ppd-install \ --prefix=/usr &>configureLog echo Build ; make &>$DEV0 echo Install ; mkdir $PKG ; make install DESTDIR=$PKG &>$DEV0 } Package() { if [[ ! -d $BUILD ]] then echo $BUILD does NOT exist ; setterm -cursor on ; exit else cd $BUILD fi echo Package ; cd $PKG makepkg -l y -c n $TMPDIR/$PKGNAME &>$DEV0 } cd $TMPDIR ; setterm -cursor off ; clear Build Package echo Done ; setterm -cursor on #/.hplip ... why? It builds, installs, & functions flawlessly! But, on rebooting the system, it places a spurious /.hplip directory containing an empty hplip.conf file. The proper ~/.hplip/hplip.conf file is there with correct data. I delete it with a rm command in my boot script (/etc/profile.d/bash.sh). How can this be fixed? (A minor display annoyance otherwise.) Please note also that the latest version now needs libtiff to build. That is not in your system requirements section. And, finally, it's great that you got rid of the hp daemons. But, why not stop python as well? Python remains resident after the first invocation of any hplip use. Thanks. Richard David Sherman 2007 June 30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list HPLIP-Help@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help