[gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error
Hi all: I'm having a problem installing a print driver, foo2zjs, downloaded and compiled from source. This is a driver for a HP P1505n printer. (hplip is not an option as this printer needs further firmware that is not generally available). The error message I'm getting at the make install command is: "Error - foomatic-rip is not installed! Install foomatic packages for your OS make [install test] Error 1" My box is a Dell 780 with no-frills Gentoo. I also have a Dell 3500 with the same basic setup, but on that box the install went fine and the printer works. To stay out of TL;DR territory, a short list of what I have checked so far: - re-installed cups, cups-filters, foomatic-db, and foomatic-db-engine, with the same use flags on both working and non-working installs; - removed the foo2zjs package and re-downloaded and compiled from scratch; - started and stopped the cupsd service; - eix shows same cups and foomatic packages installed on each; - neither the working nor non-working install use hplip; - tried the Gentoo package foo2zjs- and the temp.build.log threw the exact same error as building from source; - Googled error message - no useful information. (As a side note, I cannot install foomatic-filters, as it conflicts with cups-filters, which has dependency issues and cannot be removed.) If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd be appreciative. If further information is needed, please let me know. Thanks!
Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error
On Tue, 15 April 2014, at 2:06 am, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > … The error message I'm getting at the make install > command is: > > "Error - foomatic-rip is not installed! > Install foomatic packages for your OS > make [install test] Error 1" > > … > To stay out of TL;DR territory, a short list of what I have checked so far: > > - re-installed cups, cups-filters, foomatic-db, and foomatic-db-engine, > with the same use flags on both working and non-working installs; > > - removed the foo2zjs package and re-downloaded and compiled from scratch; I assume that one of these foo* packages supplies the foomatic-rip command, and that you can run foomatic-rip manually? A quick grep of /usr/portage/net-print/ suggests the foomatic-filters package may be the one, but I wouldn't swear to it. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error
On 04/15/2014 07:42 AM, Stroller wrote: > > On Tue, 15 April 2014, at 2:06 am, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > >> … The error message I'm getting at the make install >> command is: >> >> "Error - foomatic-rip is not installed! >> Install foomatic packages for your OS >> make [install test] Error 1" >> >> … >> To stay out of TL;DR territory, a short list of what I have checked so far: >> >> - re-installed cups, cups-filters, foomatic-db, and foomatic-db-engine, >> with the same use flags on both working and non-working installs; >> >> - removed the foo2zjs package and re-downloaded and compiled from scratch; > > > I assume that one of these foo* packages supplies the foomatic-rip command, > and that you can run foomatic-rip manually? > > A quick grep of /usr/portage/net-print/ suggests the foomatic-filters package > may be the one, but I wouldn't swear to it. > > Stroller. > > > Thanks, Stroller. I should have included this in my first post: "locate foomatic-rip" returns, on both installations: /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.bz2 I cannot run foomatic-rip manually. I haven't been able to determine exactly what package supplies foomatic-rip, but the man page states: "foomatic-rip is a universal print filter which can be used as CUPS filter or stand-alone for spooler-less, direct printing. It has the following features: It translates PostScript and PDF from standard input or a file to the printer's native language on standard output. The translation is done with an external renderer, usually Ghostscript (gs(1)). If no translation is needed (PostScript printer) the renderer's command line reduces to cat(1). The way how this translation is done is described in a PPD file. Printer capabilities, how to handle user options, and how to build the renderer command line is always described by PPD files, these PPD files usually come from Foomatic or can be the ones supplied by the manufacturers of PostScript printers. The PPD files are the same for both CUPS and direct printing. foomatic-rip works with CUPS (and for direct printing without spooler). The mode is selected by the command line options and environment variables which are supplied to foomatic-rip. foomatic-rip does not only apply option settings supplied by the user through the command line of the printing command, but also searches the entire job for embedded option settings (only PostScript jobs). Here not only settings which affect the whole job are taken into account, but also settings in the page headers, which are only valid for the page where they were found, so applications which produce PostScript code with page-specific printer option settings are fully supported." Thanks for your help. Ideas anyone?
Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error
On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:06:12 -0400, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > I'm having a problem installing a print driver, foo2zjs, downloaded and > compiled from source. There is an ebuild for foo2zjs. > This is a driver for a HP P1505n printer. (hplip > is not an option as this printer needs further firmware that is not > generally available). The error message I'm getting at the make install > command is: > > "Error - foomatic-rip is not installed! > Install foomatic packages for your OS > make [install test] Error 1" https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503578 The file is on your system but not where foo2zjs is looking. -- Neil Bothwick Windows will never cease. signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error
On 04/15/2014 08:12 AM, Neil Bothwick wrote: > On Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:06:12 -0400, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > >> I'm having a problem installing a print driver, foo2zjs, downloaded and >> compiled from source. > > There is an ebuild for foo2zjs. > >> This is a driver for a HP P1505n printer. (hplip >> is not an option as this printer needs further firmware that is not >> generally available). The error message I'm getting at the make install >> command is: >> >> "Error - foomatic-rip is not installed! >> Install foomatic packages for your OS >> make [install test] Error 1" > > https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=503578 > > The file is on your system but not where foo2zjs is looking. > > Thanks, Neil. I wasn't aware of the bug report. I'm not sure whether it is an actual bug, though, since I have three boxes with the same vanilla Gentoo install (no LVM, no RAID, simple MBR, old 4-5 year old Dells) and on the other two, the install worked perfectly. I haven't been able to detect any difference in the installs, yet. There must be one, but I can't find it. I'd like to help the other folks and find the "bug" if possible.
Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error
On Tue, 15 April 2014, at 1:06 pm, Dutch Ingraham wrote: > ... > I should have included this in my first post: "locate foomatic-rip" > returns, on both installations: > > /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip > /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.bz2 > > I cannot run foomatic-rip manually. This is perhaps a nitpick, but `locate` doesn't show us that foomatic-rip is installed on your system, only that it was installed last time updatedb was run. I'm not actually familiar with foomatic-rip, but I'd assume that it's an executable of some sort. Don't you get an error message if you try running `/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip`? What are the permissions on the file? In another post you've stated that you have 2 other machines which are not showing the same problem - compare with them. Stroller.
Re: [gentoo-user] foo2zjs make install error
On 04/16/2014 09:14 AM, Stroller wrote: > > On Tue, 15 April 2014, at 1:06 pm, Dutch Ingraham wrote: >> ... >> I should have included this in my first post: "locate foomatic-rip" >> returns, on both installations: >> >> /usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip >> /usr/share/man/man1/foomatic-rip.1.bz2 >> >> I cannot run foomatic-rip manually. > > This is perhaps a nitpick, but `locate` doesn't show us that foomatic-rip is > installed on your system, only that it was installed last time updatedb was > run. > > I'm not actually familiar with foomatic-rip, but I'd assume that it's an > executable of some sort. Don't you get an error message if you try running > `/usr/libexec/cups/filter/foomatic-rip`? What are the permissions on the > file? In another post you've stated that you have 2 other machines which are > not showing the same problem - compare with them. > > Stroller. > > > Good point, but updatedb is run after every update, so daily or thereabouts. I can execute foomatic-rip (but only with the full path - there is no separate command, which makes sense since it is not located in a /bin dir, I suppose). No errors on any of the three installs. (Note it is not really completing its job on the subject machine, as without the foo2zjs driver and accompanying firmware, I can't print. But it is responding with appropriate questions about whether my printer is configured or not.) The permission for foomatic-rip is -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root, so shouldn't be a problem - user is in the lp group anyway. And you're correct, comparing the three is what I've been trying to do. I've re-build a few packages to make sure all cups- and foomatic-related packages have the same USE flags. Also have run all clean-up scripts, like perl-cleaner, python-updater, revdep-rebuild, etc. foo2zjs (either from source or the gentoo package) still refuses to make install. I guess I'll keep playing. Thanks for your help.
