On Jul 31, 2008, at 4:04 PM, Michael Tollefson wrote: > Daniel Johnson <daniel.johnson31 <at> gmail.com> writes: > >> >> 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 > > Hi Daniel - > > Thank you. My computer science degree is not so far in the past that > I've forgotten the difference between compliling and working. I had > already installed libusb and libjpeg. I appreciate the insight for > sane-backends-dev. The is where libjpeg-devel is, no doubt. > > Two questions: is that configure option in addition to the FreeBSD > options specified or in lieu of? I know I could try it and find out, > but I thought I'd ask, since I really need to know where you pasted > in the "compile-myself" (bash for sure) statements. My guesses in > order are jinclude.h, jpegint.h, and core_install.py. Am I close? > Please remember I've a need for details. > > Thank you for your help. Once I build it, I'll test it, if only on > one printer. But if it works, we'll (meaning "you'll") have pushed > the > Mac envelope farther. I'll report back
I typed this in Terminal (after cd-ing into the hplip-2.8.7 directory): fink install libjpeg libusb sane-backends-dev export CPPFLAGS=-I/sw/include export LDFLAGS=-L/sw/lib ./configure --disable-pp-build make That built successfully, but I did no testing. 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
