New printer - need driver

[Wulfy]

Chris Mohler wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2009 at 5:16 PM, Wulfy <wulfmann at tiscali.co.uk> wrote:
> [...]
>   
>> Normally I only install debs so the package manager can look after
>> updates and such, but I need this driver or I have a nice black shiny
>> paper-weight!  I'm not shy about using the Konsole and compiling but a
>> chroot has never really made any sense to me.  I don't think I could
>> pull that off...  :@(
>>     
>
> It's not quite as hard as it sounds - a chroot is just a sort of "fake
> root directory". Then again, if you converted the RPM to DEB inside
> the chroot, I'm not entirely sure it would install cleanly in your
> 64-bit system.
>   

I think I'd have to --force-arch...  I dislike forcing things.  Too many 
ways things can go SNAFU...  :@(

>   
>> The .src package seems to have everything the .i386 packages have but
>> not compiled.  I was wondering if the scripts could be tweaked to use
>> the compiler I have and give me a 64-bit solution?  I haven't checked
>> all the folders but the ones I have looked in seem to have .c anf .h
>> files in so should be compilable in a 64-bit environment.  Would this
>> involve only changing the targets from i386 to amd64?  The only thing I
>> can think of that may be a problem is if there's some assembler level
>> programming...
>>     
>
> I did the following:
> 1. Extracted the RPM (right-click - extract here)
>   
Hmmm.. Ark gave me an error trying to unpack it.  I used alien -g...

> 2. Entered the folder in terminal
> 3. Typed make
> 4. Based on the error, I went into the subdirectory and typed
> ./autogen.sh, then make
> 5. I did stems 3 and 4 three more times
>   

I did this and some directories configure OK, some gasve lots of 
warnings and some errors...

> At that point, it looked like all of the pieces had been compiled, but
> they needed to be installed in the proper places.  I tried using the
> "checkinstall" program to roll a DEB file, but had no luck - I did not
> go any further.
>
> I'm not really that familiar with Debian's packaging system - perhaps
> you can ask someone who is to manually convert the source RPM into a
> DEB file?
>   

I'll have to ask around.  Not sure I know anyone who could do it...  :@(

> Chris
>
>   

Thanks, Chris.  I appreciate your help.

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