On Tue, 24 Aug 2004, Bryan K. Wright wrote: > Hi again, > > balay@xxxxxxxxxxx said: > > Install LPRng :). This is what I do. > > For a lot of reasons, that seems like the best thing for me > to do. I'm worried about what will break, though. Here's what > "rpm -e cups" shows: > > /usr/bin/lpr is needed by (installed) redhat-lsb-1.3-1 > cups >= 1.1.17-4 is needed by (installed) system-config-printer-0.6.98-1 > cups is needed by (installed) libgnomecups-0.1.6-7 > cups >= 1:1.1.17-10 is needed by (installed) gimp-print-cups-4.2.6-11 > > The first dependency would be fixed by installing LPRng, so it's not > a problem. The second (system-config-printer) I can live without. > What about libgnomecups? Anybody know if it really depends on cups > being installed, and what will break if libgnomecups breaks? Finally, > what about gimp-print-cups? Can I get gimp-print to work with LPRng > without recompiling it? I've installed LPRng along with CUPS. There are a couple of issues with it. - CUPS obsoletes LPRng - so if using apt - it will always prompt to remove LPRng. (i just stick with yum) - /etc/printcap is provided by both CUPS & LPRng (causing rpm conflict). I just rebuild LPRng.src.rpm by modifying the specfile make MAKEPACKAGE=YES rm -f printcap # modification Satish
