It says lipcups is not in the database.....<br><br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/9/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Paul Cartwright</b> <<a href="mailto:ubuntu@pcartwright.com">ubuntu@pcartwright.com</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Tue October 9 2007 8:28 pm, Bill N wrote:<br>> This is my new ./configure --disable-network-build
<br>><br>><br>> checking for linux/ppdev.h... yes<br>> checking for cupsDoFileRequest in -lcups... no<br>> configure: error: cannot find libcups support<br>> bn@bn-desktop:~/hplip-2.7.9$ make<br>> make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
<br>> \bn@bn-desktop:~/hplip-2.7.9$<br><br>gues what you have to install now ??? how about libcups.<br><br>so, probably sudo aptitude install libcups<br>then try your configure one more time:)<br><br>><br>> Paul, about ready to pull my hair out...thanks for all your help...
<br><br>this is the part of linux that drives me crazy... you forget you are looking<br>for trees in the forest, because you are surrounded by alligators;-)<br><br>at least it doesn't let you install an application that won't work, you just
<br>have to get past all the dependencies..<br>every time a process fails it gives you a clue as to what you need to do to<br>fix it. if it can't find libcups, then install libcups and try again..<br>I pulled all my hair out long ago!
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