Using RPM to extract file
I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. Perhaps someone has some advice on how to go about this. I contacted Brother in regards to this but they said they only support Windows (obviously), Linux and Debian. According to them, support for other operating systems in not being considered presently due to a lack of consumer demand and the overhead involved. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using RPM to extract file
On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. Then continue with standard cpio(1). BR, Oli ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using RPM to extract file
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200 kron24 articulated: On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. Then continue with standard cpio(1). Using rpm2cpio was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out how to get cpio to extract just the one file I want. Either it just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless. No useful example is given. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using RPM to extract file
On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:58:08 +0200 Vaclav Kadlcik articulated: On 2011/09/21 18:19, Carmel wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200 kron24 articulated: On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. Then continue with standard cpio(1). Using rpm2cpio was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out how to get cpio to extract just the one file I want. Either it just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless. No useful example is given. $ rpm2cpio mfc9560cdwcupswrapper-1.1.1-5.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/brcupsconfpt1 ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc9560cdw ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/mfc9560cdw.ppd 85 blocks I found a nearly identical example while Googling right after I posted. It would be nice if a simple example like that were included n the man page. -- Carmel ✌ carmel...@hotmail.com ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
Re: Using RPM to extract file
On 2011/09/21 18:19, Carmel wrote: On Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:43:51 +0200 kron24 articulated: On 2011/09/21 13:17, Carmel wrote: I am attempting to obtain a PPD file for a Brother MFC-9560CDW printer. According to this URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html, I can download a file from: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/download_prn.html#MFC-9560CDW for this printer. Unfortunately, the file is only available in either RPM or DEB format. I cannot figure out how to extract the PPD from RPM file. I have read man rpm; however, I am still confused. I tried following the instruction given on the site for extracting the files; however, that only issued a warning about an incorrect operating system. First use rpm2cpio of archivers/rpm to get a cpio package. Then continue with standard cpio(1). Using rpm2cpio was easy enough; however, I just cannot figure out how to get cpio to extract just the one file I want. Either it just hangs or issues an error message. The man page is just about useless. No useful example is given. $ rpm2cpio mfc9560cdwcupswrapper-1.1.1-5.i386.rpm | cpio -ivd ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/brcupsconfpt1 ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc9560cdw ./usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc9560cdw/cupswrapper/mfc9560cdw.ppd 85 blocks HTH, Oli ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org
