Re: CUPS rpm for RH 7.2

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>> Can anybody provide me a link for a CUPS RPM for RH 7.2?  I'm getting
>> killed by package dependencies on every rpm I find.  When I try to
install
>> some of the dependent packages, I get conflicts with what's already
>> installed.  Is there a source rpm that will install everything I need
for
>> CUPS?
>>
>> Thanks!!
>>
>>
>>
>> --- > Alright, I've found & compiled cups-1.1.17-0.9.src.rpm.
>> But...attempts to
>> install the compiled RPM result in :
>>
>> error: failed dependencies:
>>         /usr/sbin/alternatives   is needed by cups-1.1.17-0.9
>>
>> A web search for /usr/sbin/alternatives shows that "alternatives" should
>> be installed with chkconfig -- I have chkconfig installed, but no
>> /usr/sbin/alternatives!!!  ??????
>>
>> How can I get cups up & running on RH 7.2?

Which chkconfig?  The RH7.3 chkconfig-1.3.5-3 has it.

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                         Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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After more research, I found some instructions where somebody had forced a
cups rpm install without /usr/sbin/alternatives & then just made links for
lpc, lpr, lprm, lpq, cancel, etc...  So that's what I did & it seems to be
working fine so far.


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