Date: Sun, 2 Oct 2005 14:24:40 +0400 From: "Andrew P." <infofarmer@gmail.com> To: Eric Pretorious <epretorious@hotmail.com> Cc: mailinglists@bsdcertification.com, lofi@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: CUPS, Foomatic, and HPIJS? Message-ID: <cb5206420510020324y55bd452dk5ce5c619d509e661@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <BAY107-F356D847D3C7D05B6161799A48F0@phx.gbl> References: <433321D7.6060900@bsdcertification.com> <BAY107-F356D847D3C7D05B6161799A48F0@phx.gbl>
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On 10/1/05, Eric Pretorious <epretorious@hotmail.com> wrote: > >From: Jared Barneck <mailinglists@bsdcertification.com> > >Subject: Re: CUPS, Foomatic, and HPIJS? > >Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 15:27:51 -0600 > > > >Michael Nottebrock wrote: > > > >>On Thursday, 22. September 2005 20:42, Eric Pretorious wrote: > >> > >>>Thanks, Mike. I didn't have a chance to try it out: I decided to switc= h > >>>ack to Gentoo because of the steep learning curve that comes along wit= h > >>>FreeBSD's ports & packages. > >>> > >>> > >Can I just say that moving back to Gentoo because of a "steep learning > >curve" is no just ironic, but down right funny. :-) > > Installing CUPS/HPIJS was as easy as... > > %> emerge cups ghostscript hpijs > > Portage automatically retrieves, compiles, and installs CUPS, GhostScript= , > the complete Foomatic configurator, HPIJS, etc., etc. and > _integrates_them_all_. i.e., All of the HPIJS drivers/filters and Foomati= c > drivers/filters are *already* present in the web-based CUPS interface. > > Now *that* is what I call a relatively-flat learning curve!!! > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE= ! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.o= rg" > BTW, to do the same thing in FreeBSD you type: # portinstall cups -m 'WITH_CUPS=3Dyes' hpijs ghostscript and all other dependencies are installed automatically. The -m switch tells hpijs to support cups, but if you omit it the port tells you about it.
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