1 | <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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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 libppd-download-http
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8 | "https://github.com/OpenPrinting/libppd/releases/download/&libppd-version;/libppd-&libppd-version;.tar.xz">
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9 | <!ENTITY libppd-download-ftp " ">
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10 | <!ENTITY libppd-md5sum "50ff86121525cf3c477c8246aad26eaa">
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11 | <!ENTITY libppd-size "572 KB">
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12 | <!ENTITY libppd-buildsize "13 MB (with tests)">
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13 | <!ENTITY libppd-time "less than 0.1 SBU (Using parallelism=4; with tests)">
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14 | ]>
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15 |
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16 | <sect1 id="libppd" xreflabel="libppd-&libppd-version;">
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17 | <?dbhtml filename="libppd.html"?>
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18 |
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19 |
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20 | <title>libppd-&libppd-version;</title>
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21 |
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22 | <indexterm zone="libppd">
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23 | <primary sortas="a-libppd">libppd</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 libppd</title>
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28 |
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29 | <para>
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30 | The <application>libppd</application> library contains
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31 | functions for handling legacy printers using PPD description files.
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32 | </para>
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33 |
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34 | &lfs122_checked;
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35 |
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36 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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38 | <listitem>
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39 | <para>
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40 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&libppd-download-http;"/>
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41 | </para>
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42 | </listitem>
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43 | <listitem>
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44 | <para>
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45 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&libppd-download-ftp;"/>
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46 | </para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>
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50 | Download MD5 sum: &libppd-md5sum;
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51 | </para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>
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55 | Download size: &libppd-size;
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56 | </para>
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57 | </listitem>
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58 | <listitem>
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59 | <para>
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60 | Estimated disk space required: &libppd-buildsize;
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61 | </para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | <listitem>
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64 | <para>
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65 | Estimated build time: &libppd-time;
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66 | </para>
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67 | </listitem>
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68 | </itemizedlist>
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69 |
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70 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">libppd Dependencies</bridgehead>
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71 |
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72 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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73 | <para role="required">
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74 | <xref linkend="libcupsfilters"/>
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75 | </para>
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76 |
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77 | </sect2>
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78 |
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79 | <sect2 role="installation">
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80 | <title>Installation of libppd</title>
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81 |
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82 | <para>
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83 | Install <application>libppd</application> by running the
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84 | following commands:
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85 | </para>
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86 |
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87 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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88 | --disable-static \
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89 | --with-cups-rundir=/run/cups \
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90 | --enable-ppdc-utils \
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91 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/libppd-&libppd-version; &&
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92 | make</userinput></screen>
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93 |
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94 | <para>
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95 | To test the results, issue <command>make check</command>.
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96 | </para>
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97 |
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98 | <para>
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99 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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100 | </para>
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101 |
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102 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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103 |
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104 | </sect2>
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105 |
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106 | <sect2 role="commands">
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107 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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108 |
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109 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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110 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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111 |
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112 | <para>
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113 | <parameter>--with-cups-rundir=/run/cups</parameter>:
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114 | Defines the directory containing transient printing data. The default
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115 | <filename class="directory">/var/run/cups</filename> is obsolete.
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116 | </para>
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117 |
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118 | <para>
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119 | <parameter>--enable-ppdc-utils</parameter>:
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120 | Allows building utilities to manipulate <emphasis>.ppd</emphasis> files.
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121 | <!-- This is not required until cups v3 is out, since those utilities
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122 | are also installed by cups v2. But since cups v3 should be out before
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123 | our next release, I put it here. Pierre -->
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124 | </para>
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125 |
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126 | </sect2>
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127 |
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128 | <sect2 role="content">
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129 | <title>Contents</title>
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130 |
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131 | <segmentedlist>
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132 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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133 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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134 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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135 |
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136 | <seglistitem>
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137 | <seg>
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138 | ppdc,
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139 | ppdhtml,
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140 | ppdi,
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141 | ppdmerge, and
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142 | ppdpo
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143 | </seg>
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144 | <seg>
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145 | libppd.so
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146 | </seg>
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147 | <seg>
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148 | /usr/include/ppd,
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149 | /usr/share/ppdc, and
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150 | /usr/share/doc/libppd-&libppd-version;
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151 | </seg>
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152 | </seglistitem>
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153 | </segmentedlist>
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154 |
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155 | <variablelist>
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156 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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157 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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158 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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159 |
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160 | <varlistentry id="libppd-ppdc">
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161 | <term><command>ppdc</command></term>
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162 | <listitem>
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163 | <para>
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164 | compiles PPDC source files into one or more PPD files
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165 | </para>
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166 | <indexterm zone="libppd libppd-ppdc">
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167 | <primary sortas="b-ppdc">ppdc</primary>
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168 | </indexterm>
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169 | </listitem>
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170 | </varlistentry>
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171 |
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172 | <varlistentry id="libppd-ppdhtml">
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173 | <term><command>ppdhtml</command></term>
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174 | <listitem>
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175 | <para>
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176 | reads a driver information file and produces a HTML summary
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177 | page that lists all of the drivers in a file and the
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178 | supported options
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179 | </para>
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180 | <indexterm zone="libppd libppd-ppdhtml">
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181 | <primary sortas="b-ppdhtml">ppdhtml</primary>
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182 | </indexterm>
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183 | </listitem>
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184 | </varlistentry>
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185 |
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186 | <varlistentry id="libppd-ppdi">
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187 | <term><command>ppdi</command></term>
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188 | <listitem>
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189 | <para>
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190 | imports one or more PPD files into a PPD compiler source file
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191 | </para>
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192 | <indexterm zone="libppd libppd-ppdi">
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193 | <primary sortas="b-ppdi">ppdi</primary>
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194 | </indexterm>
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195 | </listitem>
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196 | </varlistentry>
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197 |
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198 | <varlistentry id="libppd-ppdmerge">
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199 | <term><command>ppdmerge</command></term>
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200 | <listitem>
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201 | <para>
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202 | merges two or more PPD files into a single, multi-language
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203 | PPD file
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204 | </para>
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205 | <indexterm zone="libppd libppd-ppdmerge">
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206 | <primary sortas="b-ppdmerge">ppdmerge</primary>
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207 | </indexterm>
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208 | </listitem>
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209 | </varlistentry>
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210 |
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211 | <varlistentry id="libppd-ppdpo">
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212 | <term><command>ppdpo</command></term>
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213 | <listitem>
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214 | <para>
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215 | extracts UI strings from PPDC source files and
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216 | updates either a GNU gettext or Mac OS X strings
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217 | format message catalog source file for translation
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218 | </para>
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219 | <indexterm zone="libppd libppd-ppdpo">
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220 | <primary sortas="b-ppdpo">ppdpo</primary>
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221 | </indexterm>
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222 | </listitem>
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223 | </varlistentry>
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224 |
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225 | <varlistentry id="libppd-lib">
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226 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libppd.so</filename></term>
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227 | <listitem>
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228 | <para>
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229 | contains API functions for manipulating <emphasis>.ppd</emphasis>
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230 | files
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231 | </para>
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232 | <indexterm zone="libppd libppd-lib">
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233 | <primary sortas="c-libppd">libppd.so</primary>
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234 | </indexterm>
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235 | </listitem>
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236 | </varlistentry>
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237 |
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238 | </variablelist>
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239 |
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240 | </sect2>
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241 |
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242 | </sect1>
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