Beyond Linux® From Scratch (systemd edition) - Version 7.10

Chapter 48. Printing

cups-filters-1.11.1

Introduction to CUPS Filters

The CUPS Filters package contains backends, filters and other software that was once part of the core CUPS distribution but is no longer maintained by Apple Inc.

This package is known to build and work properly using an LFS-7.10 platform.

Package Information

CUPS Filters Dependencies

Required

Cups-2.1.4, GLib-2.48.2, IJS-0.35, Little CMS-2.8, Poppler-0.47.0 and Qpdf-6.0.0

Recommended

libjpeg-turbo-1.5.0, libpng-1.6.24 and LibTIFF-4.0.6

Optional

Avahi-0.6.32, OpenLDAP-2.4.44, PHP-7.0.10 (use of this might be broken), Liblouis (Braille), and Liblouisutdml (Braille)

Required (Runtime)

ghostscript-9.19 (Needed for PostScript printers), or Gutenprint-5.2.11 (for supported printers), or other printer drivers

User Notes: http://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/cups-filters

Installation of CUPS Filters

First, fix the systemd unit file to work with CUPS 2.0 and later: 

sed -i "s:cups.service:org.cups.cupsd.service:g" utils/cups-browsed.service

Install CUPS Filters by running the following commands: 

./configure                             \
        --prefix=/usr                   \
        --sysconfdir=/etc               \
        --localstatedir=/var            \
        --without-rcdir                 \
        --disable-static                \
        --disable-avahi                 \
        --with-gs-path=/usr/bin/gs      \
        --with-pdftops-path=/usr/bin/gs \
        --docdir=/usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.11.1 &&
make

To test the results, issue: make check 2>&1 >testlog.

Now, as the root user: 

make install

Install the systemd unit by running the following command as the root user: 

install -v -m644 utils/cups-browsed.service /lib/systemd/system/cups-browsed.service

Command Explanations

--disable-avahi: This switch is needed if the optional Avahi-0.6.32 is not installed. Remove it if avahi is installed and you need network printer discovery capabilities.

--without-rcdir: This switch disables installation of the bundled bootscript which is not compatible with BLFS.

--with-gs-path=/usr/bin/gs: This switch defines the path to the GhostScript binary in case ghostscript-9.19 is not installed at build time.

--with-pdftops-path=/usr/bin/gs: This switch defines the path to the GhostScript binary in case ghostscript-9.19 is not installed at build time.

--disable-static: This switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.

make check 2>&1 >testlog: The testsuite dumps a stream of bytes into the input buffer after it finishes. Sending the output to a file keeps the history usable, but some debug information will still appear on the screen.

--with-test-path=VALUE: If you wish to run the tests, but you do not have the default /usr/share/fonts/dejavu/DejaVuSans.ttf use this switch to specify where DejaVuSans.ttf (or perhaps some other text TTF font - untested) is located.

Configuring CUPS Filters

Systemd Units

To start the cups-browsed daemon at boot, enable the previously installed systemd unit by running the following command as the root user: 

systemctl enable cups-browsed

Contents

Installed Programs: cups-browsed, foomatic-rip (link) and ttfread
Installed Libraries: libcupsfilters.so and libfontembed.so
Installed Directories: /usr/include/{cupsfilters,fontembed}, /usr/share/cups/{braille,charsets}, /usr/share/doc/cups-filters-1.11.1 and /usr/share/ppd/cupsfilters

Short Descriptions

cups-browsed

is a daemon for browsing the Bonjour and CUPS broadcasts of shared, remote CUPS printers.

foomatic-rip

is a universal print filter/RIP wrapper which can be used as CUPS filter or stand-alone for spooler-less, direct printing.

libcupsfilters.so

contains CUPS Filters API functions.

Last updated on 2016-08-28 16:56:06 -0700