On Jul 31, 2008, at 9:17 AM, Michael Tollefson wrote: > Daniel Johnson <daniel.johnson31 <at> gmail.com> writes: > >>> >>> The project is to build the Hewlett-Packard HPLIP drivers. There is >>> no >>> MacOS procedure to follow, but there is a FreeBSD one that I've >>> embarked >>> upon. >>> > >> >> Have you read http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/manual/distros/mac.html >> ? >> >> hplip is designed only for Linux. It needs low level access to I/O >> that won't work on OS X and would need to be ported to use >> IOKit.framework. >> >> If you just want the printer drivers, Fink already has an hpijs >> package. But the scanner software is a no-go. >> >> Daniel > > Hi Daniel - > > Yes, I've read it. See my remark above. There is a FreeBSD based > procedure, > however, and since Tiger is BSD-based, I'm trying to work it out. I > have > the hpijs package installed and am less then thrilled with the > control I > have over my printer. > > I may very well be chasing wild geese, and if so, I hope to come to an > appreciation of why. Could you elaborate on your I/O remark vis-a-vie > Linux, FreeBSD, and Tiger? > > ...Best, Michael
Low-level IO stuff on Mac OS X is COMPLETELY different from every other UNIXish OS, including FreeBSD. It isn't just a matter of recompiling software, but rewriting it. Having said that, I looked at building the full hplip and it can be done. I have no idea if it actually works, but I did build it. You need to install the fink packages libusb, libjpeg and sane-backends-dev. You then need to follow the directions at http://www.finkproject.org/faq/usage-general.php#compile-myself and run configure with --disable-pp-build. It will then build successfully. You'll probably need to tweak other build options. Looking at fink's hpijs package, which I just updated to 2.8.7, might help. Daniel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list [email protected] http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners
