Download location (HTTP): http://www.lprng.com/DISTRIB/LPRng/LPRng-3.8.20.tgz Download location (FTP): ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng/LPRng/LPRng-3.8.20.tgz Version used: 3.8.20 Package size: 9.6 MB Estimated Disk space required: 46.2 MB Estimated build time: 0.70 SBU |
The LPRng package contains an enhanced, extended and portable implementation of the Berkeley LPR print spooler. This is useful for queueing print jobs.
Install LPRng by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc && make && make install |
--libexecdir=/usr/sbin --sysconfdir=/etc : These switches prevent the default use of /usr/libexec and /usr/etc.
/etc/printcap
There is no generic printcap for all printers. A sample printcap is loaded into the etc directory which can be some help. Information is also available at http://www.lprng.org and http://www.linuxprinting.org.
The init script installed by LPRng is not consistent with BLFS scripts; therefore, we will create a new one with the following commands:
mv /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd.orig &&
cat > /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd << "EOF"
#!/bin/sh
# Begin $rc_base/init.d/lpd
# Based on sysklogd script from LFS-3.1 and earlier.
# Rewritten by Gerard Beekmans - gerard@linuxfromscratch.org
source /etc/sysconfig/rc
source $rc_functions
case "$1" in
start)
echo "Starting lpd..."
loadproc /usr/sbin/lpd
;;
stop)
echo "Stopping lpd..."
killproc /usr/sbin/lpd
;;
reload)
echo "Reloading lpd..."
reloadproc /usr/sbin/lpd
;;
restart)
$0 stop
sleep 1
$0 start
;;
status)
statusproc /usr/sbin/lpd
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|reload|restart|status}"
exit 1
;;
esac
# End $rc_base/init.d/lpd
EOF
chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/init.d/lpd |
Create the symbolic links to the lprng init script in the relevant rc.d directories with the following commands:
cd /etc/rc.d/init.d && ln -sf ../init.d/lpd ../rc0.d/K00lprng && ln -sf ../init.d/lpd ../rc1.d/K00lprng && ln -sf ../init.d/lpd ../rc2.d/S99lprng && ln -sf ../init.d/lpd ../rc3.d/S99lprng && ln -sf ../init.d/lpd ../rc4.d/S99lprng && ln -sf ../init.d/lpd ../rc5.d/S99lprng && ln -sf ../init.d/lpd ../rc6.d/K00lprng |
The LPRng package contains lp, lpq, lpr, lprm, lpstat, lpc and lpd.