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 "4be15231df45312cf2be7d44206286c3">
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11 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-size "1.4 MB">
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12 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-buildsize "32 MB (with tests)">
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13 | <!ENTITY cups-filters-time "0.4 SBU (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 | <sect1info>
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20 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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21 | <date>$Date$</date>
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22 | </sect1info>
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23 |
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24 | <title>cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;</title>
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25 |
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26 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters">
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27 | <primary sortas="a-cups-filters">cups-filters</primary>
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28 | </indexterm>
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29 |
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30 | <sect2 role="package">
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31 | <title>Introduction to CUPS Filters</title>
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32 |
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33 | <para>
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34 | The <application>CUPS Filters</application> package contains backends,
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35 | filters and other software that was once part of the core
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36 | <application>CUPS</application> distribution but is no longer
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37 | maintained by Apple Inc.
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38 | </para>
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39 |
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40 | &lfs80_checked;
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41 | &gcc7_checked;
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42 |
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43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>
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47 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&cups-filters-download-http;"/>
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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 (FTP): <ulink url="&cups-filters-download-ftp;"/>
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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 MD5 sum: &cups-filters-md5sum;
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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 | Download size: &cups-filters-size;
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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 disk space required: &cups-filters-buildsize;
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68 | </para>
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69 | </listitem>
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70 | <listitem>
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71 | <para>
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72 | Estimated build time: &cups-filters-time;
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73 | </para>
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74 | </listitem>
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75 | </itemizedlist>
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76 | <!--
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77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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78 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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79 | <listitem>
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80 | <para>
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81 | Required patch:
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82 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version;-poppler0340-1.patch"/>
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83 | </para>
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84 | </listitem>
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85 | </itemizedlist>-->
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86 |
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87 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">CUPS Filters Dependencies</bridgehead>
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88 |
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89 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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90 | <para role="required">
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91 | <xref linkend="cups"/>,
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92 | <xref linkend="glib2"/>,
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93 | <xref linkend="gs"/>,
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94 | <xref linkend="ijs"/>,
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95 | <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
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96 | <xref linkend="mupdf"/> (mutool),
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97 | <xref linkend="poppler"/>, and
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98 | <xref linkend="qpdf"/>
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99 | </para>
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100 |
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101 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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102 | <para role="recommended">
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103 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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104 | <xref linkend="libpng"/> and
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105 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/>
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106 | </para>
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107 |
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108 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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109 | <para role="optional">
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110 | <xref linkend="avahi"/>,
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111 | <xref linkend="openldap"/>,
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112 | <xref linkend="php"/> (use of this might be broken),
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113 | <ulink url="http://liblouis.org/">Liblouis (Braille)</ulink>, and
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114 | <ulink url="http://liblouis.org/">Liblouisutdml (Braille)</ulink>
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115 | </para>
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116 |
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117 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional printer drivers (runtime)</bridgehead>
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118 | <para role="optional">
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119 | <xref linkend="dejavu-fonts"/> (required for the tests), and
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120 | <xref linkend="gutenprint"/> (for supported printers),
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121 | or other printer drivers, such as <ulink
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122 | url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/hplip/files/hplip/">hplip</ulink>
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123 | </para>
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124 |
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125 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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126 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/cups-filters"/>
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127 | </para>
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128 | </sect2>
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129 |
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130 | <sect2 role="installation">
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131 | <title>Installation of CUPS Filters</title>
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132 |
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133 | <para revision="systemd">
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134 | First, fix the systemd unit file to work with
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135 | <application>CUPS</application> 2.0 and later:
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136 | </para>
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137 |
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138 | <screen revision="systemd"><userinput>sed -i "s:cups.service:org.cups.cupsd.service:g" utils/cups-browsed.service</userinput></screen>
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139 |
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140 | <para>
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141 | Install <application>CUPS Filters</application> by running the following
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142 | commands:
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143 | </para>
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144 |
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145 | <screen><userinput>./configure \
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146 | --prefix=/usr \
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147 | --sysconfdir=/etc \
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148 | --localstatedir=/var \
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149 | --without-rcdir \
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150 | --disable-static \
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151 | --disable-avahi \
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152 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version; &&
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153 | make</userinput></screen>
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154 |
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155 | <!-- The test suite still bombs out for me. I'll leave the instructions for it
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156 | here though. I didn't have the Dejavu font installed, but used one of the
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157 | ones installed by X. -->
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158 |
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159 | <para>
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160 | To test the results, issue:
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161 | <command>make check 2>&1 >testlog</command>. DejaVu fonts
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162 | are needed for the tests.
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163 | </para>
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164 |
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165 | <para>
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166 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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167 | </para>
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168 |
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169 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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170 |
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171 | <para revision="systemd">
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172 | Install the systemd unit by running the following command as the
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173 | <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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174 | </para>
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175 |
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176 | <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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177 |
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178 | </sect2>
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179 |
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180 | <sect2 role="commands">
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181 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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182 |
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183 | <para>
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184 | <parameter>--disable-avahi</parameter>: This switch is needed
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185 | if the optional <xref linkend="avahi"/> is not installed. Remove
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186 | it if avahi is installed and you need network printer discovery
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187 | capabilities.
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188 | </para>
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189 |
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190 | <para>
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191 | <parameter>--without-rcdir</parameter>: This switch disables
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192 | installation of the bundled bootscript which is not compatible
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193 | with BLFS.
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194 | </para>
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195 |
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196 | <!-- Those are hard dependencies now
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197 | <para>
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198 | <parameter>- -with-gs-path=/usr/bin/gs</parameter>: This switch
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199 | defines the path to the <application>GhostScript</application>
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200 | binary in case <xref linkend="gs"/> is not installed at build time.
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201 | </para>
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202 |
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203 | <para>
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204 | <parameter>- -with-pdftops-path=/usr/bin/gs</parameter>: This switch
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205 | defines the path to the <application>GhostScript</application>
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206 | binary in case <xref linkend="gs"/> is not installed at build time.
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207 | </para>
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208 | -->
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209 |
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210 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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211 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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212 |
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213 | <para>
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214 | <command>make check 2>&1 >testlog</command>: The testsuite
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215 | dumps a stream of bytes into the input buffer after it finishes. Sending
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216 | the output to a file keeps the history usable, but some debug information
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217 | will still appear on the screen.
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218 | </para>
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219 |
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220 | <!-- option seems to be obsolete - configure doesn't pick it up
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221 | <para>
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222 | <option>- -with-test-path=<replaceable>VALUE</replaceable></option>: If you wish to run the tests, but
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223 | you do not have the default
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224 | <filename>/usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf</filename> use this switch
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225 | to specify where <filename>DejaVuSans.ttf</filename> (or perhaps some other
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226 | text TTF font - untested) is located.
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227 | </para>
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228 | -->
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229 |
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230 | </sect2>
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231 |
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232 | <!-- TODO: Write a bootscript for cups-browsed -->
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233 |
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234 | <sect2 role="configuration" revision="systemd">
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235 | <title>Configuring CUPS Filters</title>
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236 |
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237 | <sect3 id="cups-filters-init">
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238 | <title>Systemd Units</title>
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239 |
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240 | <para>
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241 | To start the <command>cups-browsed</command> daemon at boot, enable
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242 | the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command
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243 | as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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244 | </para>
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245 |
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246 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters cups-filters-init">
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247 | <primary sortas="f-cups-browsed">cups-browsed</primary>
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248 | </indexterm>
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249 |
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250 | <screen role="root"><userinput>systemctl enable cups-browsed</userinput></screen>
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251 |
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252 | </sect3>
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253 |
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254 | </sect2>
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255 |
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256 | <sect2 role="content">
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257 | <title>Contents</title>
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258 |
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259 | <segmentedlist>
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260 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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261 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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262 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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263 |
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264 | <seglistitem>
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265 | <seg>
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266 | cups-browsed, driverless, foomatic-rip (link) and ttfread
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267 | </seg>
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268 | <seg>
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269 | libcupsfilters.so and libfontembed.so
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270 | </seg>
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271 | <seg>
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272 | /usr/include/{cupsfilters,fontembed},
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273 | /usr/share/cups/{braille,charsets},
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274 | /usr/share/doc/cups-filters-&cups-filters-version; and
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275 | /usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters
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276 | </seg>
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277 | </seglistitem>
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278 | </segmentedlist>
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279 |
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280 | <variablelist>
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281 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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282 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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283 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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284 |
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285 | <varlistentry id="cups-browsed">
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286 | <term><command>cups-browsed</command></term>
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287 | <listitem>
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288 | <para>
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289 | is a daemon for browsing the Bonjour and CUPS broadcasts of shared,
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290 | remote CUPS printers.
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291 | </para>
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292 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters cups-browsed">
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293 | <primary sortas="b-cups-browsed">cups-browsed</primary>
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294 | </indexterm>
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295 | </listitem>
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296 | </varlistentry>
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297 |
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298 | <varlistentry id="foomatic-rip">
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299 | <term><command>foomatic-rip</command></term>
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300 | <listitem>
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301 | <para>
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302 | is a universal print filter/RIP wrapper which can be used as CUPS
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303 | filter or stand-alone for spooler-less, direct printing.
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304 | </para>
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305 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters foomatic-rip">
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306 | <primary sortas="b-foomatic-rip">foomatic-rip</primary>
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307 | </indexterm>
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308 | </listitem>
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309 | </varlistentry>
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310 |
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311 | <varlistentry id="libcupsfilters">
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312 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libcupsfilters.so</filename></term>
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313 | <listitem>
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314 | <para>
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315 | contains <application>CUPS Filters</application> API functions.
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316 | </para>
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317 | <indexterm zone="cups-filters libcupsfilters">
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318 | <primary sortas="c-libcupsfilters">libcupsfilters.so</primary>
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319 | </indexterm>
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320 | </listitem>
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321 | </varlistentry>
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322 |
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323 | </variablelist>
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324 |
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325 | </sect2>
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326 |
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327 | </sect1>
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