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<h1><a name="INSTALLATION">Chapter 2. Installation</a></h1>
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<dt><b>Table of Contents</b></dt>
<dt>2.1. <a href="installation.htm#AEN347">Getting Source
Code and Support Programs</a></dt>
<dt>2.2. <a href="x430.htm"><tt class="ENVAR">PATH</tt>
Environment Variable and Utilities</a></dt>
<dt>2.3. <a href="nfsmount.htm">Network Mounted File
System and Spool Directories</a></dt>
<dt>2.4. <a href="usergroup.htm">Daemon User and Daemon
Group</a></dt>
<dt>2.5. <a href="x482.htm">Configuration</a></dt>
<dt>2.6. <a href="requireconfig.htm">System and User
Printcap, lpd.conf, and lpd.perms files</a></dt>
<dt>2.7. <a href="x883.htm">Checking System Installation
with <b class="APPLICATION">checkpc</b></a></dt>
<dt>2.8. <a href="x919.htm">Compilation and
Install</a></dt>
<dt>2.9. <a href="x957.htm">Installation
Problems</a></dt>
<dt>2.10. <a href="update.htm">Updating Print Spooler
Software and Startup Scripts</a></dt>
<dt>2.11. <a href="lpsimulation.htm">Emulation for UNIX
SystemV <b class="APPLICATION">lp</b> and <b class=
"APPLICATION">lpstat</b></a></dt>
<dt>2.12. <a href="smb.htm">SAMBA and <b class=
"APPLICATION">LPRng</b></a></dt>
<dt>2.13. <a href="setuid.htm">Security Concerns</a></dt>
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<p>The basic components of the <b class=
"APPLICATION">LPRng</b> system are the executables and the
database files. This section deals with generating and
installing the executable files.</p>
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<h1 class="SECT1"><a name="AEN347">2.1. Getting Source Code
and Support Programs</a></h1>
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<li>
<p>Obtain the latest or stable version of the <b class=
"APPLICATION">LPRng</b> source code from a <a href=
"secftp.htm"><b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> FTP
Site</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Obtain the latest or stable version of the <b class=
"APPLICATION">ifhp</b> filter source code from a <a
href="secftp.htm"><b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> FTP
Site</a>. This filter is used to support PostScript,
PCL, and text printers.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Obtain the following GNU programs from one of the
many <a href="http://www.gnu.org" target="_top">GNU
Software Mirror Sites</a> and install them. See the
directions in the GNU Zip distribution for details.</p>
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<dt>GNU <b class="APPLICATION">gzip</b> Compression
Utility</dt>
<dd>
<p>Used to generate the compressed <b class=
"APPLICATION">LPRng</b> distribution.</p>
</dd>
<dt>GNU <b class="APPLICATION">tar</b> Archive
Utility</dt>
<dd>
<p><a href="http://www.gnu.org" target=
"_top">GNU</a> <b class="APPLICATION">tar</b>
supports <b class="APPLICATION">gzip</b>
compression and decompression and is used to
generate the <b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b>
distribution.</p>
</dd>
<dt>GNU <b class="APPLICATION">make</b></dt>
<dd>
<p><b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> requires <a
href="http://www.gnu.org" target="_top">GNU</a>
<b class="APPLICATION">make</b> for configuration
and installation.</p>
</dd>
<dt>GNU <b class="APPLICATION">gcc</b> Compiler or
ANSI C Compiler</dt>
<dd>
<p><b class="APPLICATION">LPRng</b> requires and
ANSI C compiler. If you do not have an ANSI C
compiler then please use the <a href=
"http://www.gnu.org" target="_top">GNU</a> <b
class="APPLICATION">gcc</b> compiler.</p>
</dd>
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</li>
<li>
<p>Solaris Sparc and X86 Binaries for GCC and Make can
be obtained from <a href="http://sunfreeware.com/"
target="_top">http://sunfreeware.com/</a>.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>While the following are not essential to <b class=
"APPLICATION">LPRng</b> they are used by the <b class=
"APPLICATION">ifhp</b> filter.</p>
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<dt><b class="APPLICATION">file</b> - File
Identification Utility</dt>
<dd>
<a name="FILEPROG"></a>
<p>The Open Source <b class=
"APPLICATION">file</b> utility by Ian F. Darwin
can be obtained from <a href=
"ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/" target=
"_top">ftp://ftp.astron.com/pub/file/</a>. or <a
href=
"ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng/UNIXTOOLS/file/"
target=
"_top">ftp://ftp.lprng.com/pub/LPRng/UNIXTOOLS/file/</a>.
This is a greatly improved version of the
original UNIX file utility and may be used by the
<b class="APPLICATION">ifhp</b> filter to do file
recognition.</p>
</dd>
<dt><b class="APPLICATION">gs</b> -
GhostScript</dt>
<dd>
<a name="GHOSTSCRIPT"></a>
<p>GhostScript can be obtained from <a href=
"http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/" target=
"_top">http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/</a> or <a
href="http://www.ghostscript.com" target=
"_top">http://www.ghostscript.com</a>.
GhostScript is a PostScript interpreter that
allows you to translate PostScript to various
printer compatible formats such as PCL, as well
as displaying the code on a terminal. You might
also want to get the PDF extensions that allows
GhostScript to read and print PDF files.</p>
</dd>
<dt><b class="APPLICATION">gv</b> - GhostView</dt>
<dd>
<a name="GV"></a>
<p>Of course you will want to get the <b class=
"APPLICATION">gv</b> program that uses
GhostScript to display PostScript on an X
terminal. It can be obtained from <a href=
"http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/"
target=
"_top">http://wwwthep.physik.uni-mainz.de/~plass/gv/</a></p>
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