1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-download-http
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8 | "https://www.openprinting.org/download/cups-filters/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-md5sum "24bed15110499fd652d65d6baab85ca6">
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11 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-size "1.4 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-buildsize "56 MB (with tests), 16 MB installed">
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13 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-time "0.2 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="cups-filters" xreflabel="cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="cups-filters.html"?>
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18 |
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19 |
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20 | <title>cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters">
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23 | <primary sortas="a-cups-filters">cups-filters</primary>
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24 | </indexterm>
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25 |
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26 | <sect2 role="package">
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27 | <title>Introduction to CUPS Filters</title>
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28 |
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29 | <para>
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30 | The <application>CUPS Filters</application> package contains backends,
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31 | filters and other software that was once part of the core
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32 | <application>CUPS</application> distribution but is no longer
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33 | maintained by Apple Inc.
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34 | </para>
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35 |
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36 | &lfs113_checked;
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37 |
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38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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40 | <listitem>
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41 | <para>
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42 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cups-filters-download-http;"/>
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43 | </para>
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44 | </listitem>
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>
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47 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&cups-filters-download-ftp;"/>
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48 | </para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>
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52 | Download MD5 sum: &cups-filters-md5sum;
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53 | </para>
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54 | </listitem>
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55 | <listitem>
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56 | <para>
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57 | Download size: &cups-filters-size;
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58 | </para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>
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62 | Estimated disk space required: &cups-filters-buildsize;
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63 | </para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | <listitem>
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66 | <para>
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67 | Estimated build time: &cups-filters-time;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | </itemizedlist>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">CUPS Filters Dependencies</bridgehead>
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73 |
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74 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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75 | <para role="required">
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76 | <xref linkend="cups"/>,
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77 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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78 | <xref linkend="gs"/>,
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79 | <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
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80 | <xref linkend="poppler"/>, and
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81 | <xref linkend="qpdf"/>
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82 | </para>
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83 |
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84 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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85 | <para role="recommended">
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86 | <xref linkend="dejavu-fonts"/> (the build fails if they are not
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87 | installed, although they are only required for the tests),
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88 | <xref linkend="libexif"/>,
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89 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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91 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>, and
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92 | <xref linkend="mupdf"/> (mutool)
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93 | </para>
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94 |
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95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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96 | <para role="optional">
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97 | <xref linkend="avahi"/> (required to build the DNSSD backend of the
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98 | <command>cups-browsed</command> daemon, which is needed for operating
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99 | some network printers),
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100 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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101 | <xref linkend="php"/> (use of this might be broken),
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102 | <ulink url="https://liblouis.github.io/downloads/">Liblouis (Braille)</ulink>, and
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103 | <ulink url="https://liblouis.github.io/downloads/">Liblouisutdml (Braille)</ulink>
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104 | </para>
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105 |
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106 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional printer drivers (runtime)</bridgehead>
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107 | <para role="optional">
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108 | <xref role="runtime" linkend="gutenprint"/> (for supported printers),
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109 | or other printer drivers, such as <ulink role="runtime"
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110 | url="https://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/">hplip</ulink>
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111 | </para>
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112 |
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113 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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114 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/cups-filters"/>
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115 | </para>
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116 | </sect2>
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117 |
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118 | <sect2 role="installation">
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119 | <title>Installation of CUPS Filters</title>
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120 |
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121 | <!--
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122 | <para revision="systemd">
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123 | First, fix the systemd unit file to work with
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124 | <application>CUPS</application> 2.0 and later:
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125 | </para>
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126 |
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127 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>sed -i "s:cups.service:org.cups.cupsd.service:g" utils/cups-browsed.service</userinput></screen>
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128 | -->
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129 |
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130 | <para>
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131 | Install <application>CUPS Filters</application> by running the following
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132 | commands:
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133 | </para>
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134 |
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135 | <screen><userinput>CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++17" \
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136 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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137 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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138 | --localstatedir=/var \
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139 | --without-rcdir \
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140 | --disable-static \
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141 | --disable-avahi \
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142 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version; &&
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143 | make</userinput></screen>
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144 |
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145 | <!-- The test suite still bombs out for me. I'll leave the instructions for it
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146 | here though. I didn't have the Dejavu font installed, but used one of the
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147 | ones installed by X.
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148 | Version 1.16.0: test worked for me with "make check >testlog 2>&1",
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149 | that is, the other way around. I have DejaVu fonts. Pierre L
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150 | With 1.17.2 (and DejaVu) the test output is clean, no need for a log. Ken
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151 |
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152 | Tests are clean for version 1.21.0 (and version 1.21.5): - Bruce
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153 | # TOTAL: 6
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154 | # PASS: 6
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155 | real 0m2.504s -->
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156 |
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157 | <para>
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158 | To test the results, issue:
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159 | <!--<command>make check >testlog 2>&1</command>.-->
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160 | <command>make check</command>. DejaVu fonts
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161 | are needed for the tests.
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162 | </para>
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163 |
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164 | <para>
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165 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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166 | </para>
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167 |
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168 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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169 |
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170 | <para revision="systemd">
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171 | Install the systemd unit by running the following command as the
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172 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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173 | </para>
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174 |
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175 | <screen role="root" revision="systemd"><userinput>install -v -m644 utils/cups-browsed.service /lib/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service</userinput></screen>
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176 |
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177 | </sect2>
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178 |
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179 | <sect2 role="commands">
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180 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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181 |
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182 | <!-- please comment this if no patches are currently needed -->
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183 | <!--<para>
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184 | <parameter>patch -Np1 -i ../cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;-poppler71-1.patch</parameter>:
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185 | Conditionally apply changes for recent versions of poppler.
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186 | </para>
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187 | Poppler-0.72.0, cups-filters-1.21.5 - no longer needed.-->
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188 |
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189 | <para>
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190 | <envar>CXXFLAGS="$CXXFLAGS -std=c++17"</envar>: This environment
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191 | variable is necessary to fix a problem introduced by qpdf-11.3.0.
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192 | </para>
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193 |
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194 | <para>
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195 | <parameter>--disable-avahi</parameter>: This switch is needed
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196 | if the optional <xref linkend="avahi"/> is not installed. Remove
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197 | it if avahi is installed and you need network printer discovery
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198 | capabilities.
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199 | </para>
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200 |
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201 | <para>
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202 | <parameter>--without-rcdir</parameter>: This switch disables
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203 | installation of the bundled bootscript which is not compatible
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204 | with BLFS.
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205 | </para>
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206 |
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207 | <!-- Those are hard dependencies now
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208 | <para>
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209 | <parameter>- -with-gs-path=/usr/bin/gs</parameter>: This switch
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210 | defines the path to the <application>GhostScript</application>
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211 | binary in case <xref linkend="gs"/> is not installed at build time.
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212 | </para>
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213 |
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214 | <para>
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215 | <parameter>- -with-pdftops-path=/usr/bin/gs</parameter>: This switch
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216 | defines the path to the <application>GhostScript</application>
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217 | binary in case <xref linkend="gs"/> is not installed at build time.
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218 | </para>
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219 | -->
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220 |
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221 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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222 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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223 | <!--
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224 | <para>
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225 | <option>- -enable-ijs</option>: This switch will allow the pdftoijs
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226 | filter, for sending PDFs to an HP InkJet Server, to be built.
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227 | </para>
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228 | -->
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229 |
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230 | <para>
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231 | <option>--with-test-font-path=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option>:
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232 | If you wish to run the tests, but
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233 | you do not have the default
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234 | <filename>/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf</filename> use this
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235 | switch to specify where <filename>DejaVuSans.ttf</filename> (or perhaps
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236 | some other text TTF font - untested) is located.
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237 | </para>
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238 |
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239 |
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240 | </sect2>
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241 |
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242 | <!-- TODO: Write a bootscript for cups-browsed -->
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243 |
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244 | <sect2 role="configuration" revision="systemd">
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245 | <title>Configuring CUPS Filters</title>
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246 |
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247 | <sect3 id="cups-filters-init">
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248 | <title>Systemd Units</title>
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249 |
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250 | <para>
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251 | To start the <command>cups-browsed</command> daemon at boot, enable
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252 | the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command
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253 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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254 | </para>
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255 |
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256 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters cups-filters-init">
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257 | <primary sortas="f-cups-browsed">cups-browsed</primary>
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258 | </indexterm>
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259 |
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260 | <screen role="root"><userinput>systemctl enable cups-browsed</userinput></screen>
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261 |
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262 | </sect3>
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263 |
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264 | </sect2>
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265 |
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266 | <sect2 role="content">
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267 | <title>Contents</title>
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268 |
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269 | <segmentedlist>
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270 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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271 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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272 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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273 |
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274 | <seglistitem>
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275 | <seg>
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276 | cups-browsed, driverless, driverless-fax, and foomatic-rip
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277 | <!-- and ttfread -->
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278 | </seg>
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279 | <seg>
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280 | libcupsfilters.so and libfontembed.so
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281 | </seg>
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282 | <seg>
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283 | /usr/include/{cupsfilters,fontembed},
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284 | /usr/lib/cups/{backend,driver,filter},
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285 | /usr/share/cups/{braille,charsets},
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286 | /usr/share/doc/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;, and
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287 | /usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters
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288 | </seg>
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289 | </seglistitem>
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290 | </segmentedlist>
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291 |
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292 | <variablelist>
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293 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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294 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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295 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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296 |
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297 | <varlistentry id="cups-browsed">
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298 | <term><command>cups-browsed</command></term>
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299 | <listitem>
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300 | <para>
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301 | is a daemon for browsing the Bonjour and CUPS broadcasts of shared,
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302 | remote CUPS printers
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303 | </para>
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304 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters cups-browsed">
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305 | <primary sortas="b-cups-browsed">cups-browsed</primary>
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306 | </indexterm>
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307 | </listitem>
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308 | </varlistentry>
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309 |
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310 | <varlistentry id="driverless">
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311 | <term><command>driverless</command></term>
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312 | <listitem>
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313 | <para>
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314 | is a PPD generator utility for driverless printing
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315 | </para>
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316 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters driverless">
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317 | <primary sortas="b-driverless">driverless</primary>
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318 | </indexterm>
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319 | </listitem>
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320 | </varlistentry>
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321 |
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322 | <varlistentry id="driverless-fax">
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323 | <term><command>driverless-fax</command></term>
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324 | <listitem>
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325 | <para>
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326 | is a wrapper to <command>driverless</command> for FAX type devices
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327 | </para>
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328 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters driverless-fax">
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329 | <primary sortas="b-driverless-fax">driverless-fax</primary>
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330 | </indexterm>
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331 | </listitem>
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332 | </varlistentry>
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333 |
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334 | <varlistentry id="foomatic-rip">
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335 | <term><command>foomatic-rip</command></term>
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336 | <listitem>
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337 | <para>
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338 | is a universal print filter/RIP wrapper which can be used as CUPS
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339 | filter or stand-alone for spooler-less, direct printing
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340 | </para>
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341 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters foomatic-rip">
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342 | <primary sortas="b-foomatic-rip">foomatic-rip</primary>
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343 | </indexterm>
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344 | </listitem>
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345 | </varlistentry>
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346 |
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347 | <varlistentry id="libcupsfilters">
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348 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcupsfilters.so</filename></term>
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349 | <listitem>
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350 | <para>
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351 | contains <application>CUPS Filters</application> API functions
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352 | </para>
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353 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters libcupsfilters">
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354 | <primary sortas="c-libcupsfilters">libcupsfilters.so</primary>
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355 | </indexterm>
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356 | </listitem>
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357 | </varlistentry>
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358 |
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359 | </variablelist>
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360 |
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361 | </sect2>
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362 |
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363 | </sect1>
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