Thanks for the suggestion! I'm now trying to get it to build as a proper package so that cups can access it...
On 20 June 2017 at 08:09, Kirill Elagin <kirela...@gmail.com> wrote: > I’m not quite sure, but I always thought CUPS was searching for the filter > in the PATH: > > https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/50fadc8b18fb3da6bda2f3710009a1 > 5f6ac45567/nixos/modules/services/printing/cupsd.nix#L79 > > I don’t think the NixOS module has a simple way to adjust PATH, but you > could try to put the filter into one of the mentioned directories. > > Another option that should definitely work is to replace the filter name > with the absolute path in the ppd file itself. > > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 12:55 AM Nawal Husnoo <na...@husnoo.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've got the default.nix below, and I run it using nix-shell. I opened >> firefox, and went to 127.0.0.1:631 and added a printer, and selected the >> ppd file from /opt/share/ppd/canonmp250.ppd. >> >> Unfortunately, when I try to print a test page I get the error message: >> >> Idle - "File "/nix/store/wy6c4mlp6zhjj4j3cjwrhwfi4ba9bx >> ab-cups-progs/lib/cups/filter/pstocanonij" not available: No such file >> or directory" >> >> The file lives at /opt/lib/cups/filter/pstocanonij. >> >> How do I override cups path in nix? >> >> thanks, >> >> Nawal. >> >> >> { pkgs ? import <nixpkgs> {}}: >> >> (pkgs.buildFHSUserEnv { >> name = "simple-x11-env"; >> targetPkgs = pkgs: (with pkgs; [ >> udev >> alsaLib >> gtk2-x11 >> patchelf >> binutils >> popt >> cups >> dpkg >> cairo >> pango >> fontconfig >> glib >> dpkg >> atk >> gdk_pixbuf >> libxml2 >> libtiff >> firefox >> ]) ++ (with pkgs.xorg; [ >> libX11 >> libXcursor >> libXrandr >> libXext >> libXinerama >> libXrender >> libXi >> libXfixes >> ]); >> multiPkgs = pkgs: (with pkgs; [ >> ]); >> >> extraBuildCommands = '' >> echo "instaling environment for cups printing with canon mp >> 250..." >> >> ls -lh $out/ >> mkdir -p $out/opt/bin/ >> mkdir -p $out/opt/lib/ >> cp -r /home/nawal/data/nixos/user/pkgs/canon/tmp/cnijfilter-common/usr/bin/* >> $out/opt/bin/ >> cp -r >> /home/nawal/data/nixos/user/pkgs/canon/tmp/cnijfilter-common/usr/share/* >> $out/opt/share/ >> cp -r /home/nawal/data/nixos/user/pkgs/canon/tmp/cnijfilter-common/usr/lib/* >> $out/opt/lib/ >> >> cp -r >> /home/nawal/data/nixos/user/pkgs/canon/tmp/cnijfilter-mp250series/usr/bin/* >> $out/opt/bin/ >> cp -r >> /home/nawal/data/nixos/user/pkgs/canon/tmp/cnijfilter-mp250series/usr/share/* >> $out/opt/share/ >> cp -r >> /home/nawal/data/nixos/user/pkgs/canon/tmp/cnijfilter-mp250series/usr/lib/* >> $out/opt/lib/ >> >> ln -s $out/opt/lib/libcnbpcmcm356.so.8.0.1 $out/opt/lib/libcnbpcmcm356.so >> ln -s $out/opt/lib/libcnbpcnclbjcmd356.so.3.3.0 $out/opt/lib/ >> libcnbpcnclbjcmd356.so >> ln -s $out/opt/lib/libcnbpess356.so.3.3.3 $out/opt/lib/libcnbpess356.so >> ln -s $out/opt/lib/libcnnet.so.1.2.0 $out/opt/lib/libcnnet.so >> ln -s $out/opt/lib/libcnbpcnclapi356.so.3.5.0 $out/opt/lib/ >> libcnbpcnclapi356.so >> ln -s $out/opt/lib/libcnbpcnclui356.so.3.6.0 >> $out/opt/lib/libcnbpcnclui356.so >> ln -s $out/opt/lib/libcnbpo356.so.1.0.2 $out/opt/lib/libcnbpo356.so >> >> >> echo "OUT=$out" >> ''; >> >> profile = '' >> export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$out/opt/lib:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH >> export PATH=$out/opt/bin:$PATH >> export TZDIR=/etc/zoneinfo >> ''; >> >> runScript = '' >> bash >> ''; >> }).env >> >> >> #${dpkg}/bin/dpkg -x ./debs/cnijfilter-common_3.40-1_amd64.deb >> tmp/cnijfilter-common >> #${dpkg}/bin/dpkg -x ./debs/cnijfilter-mp250series_3.40-1_amd64.deb >> tmp/cnijfilter-mp250series >> >> _______________________________________________ >> nix-dev mailing list >> nix-dev@lists.science.uu.nl >> https://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/nix-dev >> >
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