On 16 April 2012 11:23, Dale Dellutri <daledellutri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 8:45 AM, Dave Cross <davorg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> My new Dell laptop came with a free Dell p513w printer. I've been >> trying to set it up for use with Fedora 16. >> >> It's a wireless printer, so I've set it up, connected it to my network >> and got it working using a Windows PC. My Fedora desktop can see it on >> the next work, but it appears that foomatic doesn't have a PPD for >> this model of printer, so I've been scouring the internet. >> >> This README file >> (http://downloads.dell.com/printer/R247660_Readme.txt) talks about a >> file called dell-inkjet-09-driver-1.0-1.i386.rpm.sh.tar.gz which >> installs a bunch of PPDs for Dell printers in >> /usr/dellinkjet/dell09/etc/. The list includes dlP513w.ppd, which is >> the PPD for my printer. However, the only file that I can find is >> http://www.dell.com/support/drivers/us/en/04/DriverDetails?DriverId=R247660&FileId=2731129294&DriverName=Dell%20Photo%20P513W%20AIO%20Inkjet%20Printer%2C%20A00 >> which only includes the .deb version of the package, not the .rpm one. >> >> I've asked Dell support for help, but I thought I'd ask here too. Has >> anyone had this problem or (even better) solved it? Is it possible to >> extract the PPD from the .deb version of the file? >> >> Any advice would be much appreciated. > > Google search for > .deb extractor > gives: > http://www.g-loaded.eu/2008/01/28/how-to-extract-rpm-or-deb-packages/ Yeah. If I could get to the .deb I'd be fine. But the download is a shell script that generates and installs a .deb - and, obviously, it won't run successfully on my Fedora box. However, I've just discovered that the shell script has a --keep option that doesn't delete the extracted contents once the script has finished. And that has given me access to the .deb. So we seem to be good now - although I won't be able to confirm until I get back to my desktop tonight. Thanks for the suggestion. Dave... -- Dave Cross :: dave@xxxxxxxxxxx http://dave.org.uk/ @davorg -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
