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Installing printers from a command line. 3

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butchrecon

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Does anyone have detailed instructions on how to install a printer for use with Linux RH7 from a command prompt? I need the ability to install printers woith out going into Xwindows. Is that possible? James Collins
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You can use the 'printconf-tui' utility. Its a menu-driven interface from the command prompt that will edit the /etc/printcap file for you automatically.


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I can use this on RH7 or RH7.2 and not ahve to go into XWindows at all correct? James Collins
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Correct. The "-tui" at the end of the command stands for Text User Interface, which is the opposite of GUI. You can start it right from the shell. It opens a menu driven interface that is very simple to use.

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Where is this file located? I cannot run it from the promt because of pathing issues I think. James Collins
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Try a locate 'printconf-tui' to see if its installed. Its probably in /usr/sbin. Its part of the printconf RPM package.


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Might help if I typ it right. ;-) James Collins
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If the printconf tool is not installed, how do I install it? Red Hat 7 and the printconf tool is not in /usr/sbin. James Collins
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Install the printconf RPM package for RH7. Its on one of the RH7 CD's or you can download it from RH's website or rpmfind.net.

Install it just as you would any other RPM package...

rpm -ivh packagename.rpm


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Do you happen to know the exact name of the printconf rpm? James Collins
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Its probably just printconf-x.x.x.rpm, where x.x.x is the version of the package. Just look in the RPMS folder on each RH7 CD until you find it.


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It was not on any on the RH7 Cd's I have. Does it come with RH7? James Collins
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Which version of RHL are you using? I just checked disc 1 of RHL73 and its on there...

/RedHat/RPMS/printconf-0.3.77-1.i386.rpm


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We use Red Had Version 7. If I download a version for 7.1 will it work for 7.0? James Collins
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Probably. It can't hurt to try:) The worst that will happen is it will give you a dependency error during the RPM installation.


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Ok, I know I am asking a lot of questions, but how do I install the rpm from a command line? James Collins
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Sorry, I forgot you put it above. Duh! James Collins
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only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of RPM
error: printconf-0.2.12-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed

No way around this huh? James Collins
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You can try upgrading RPM to the latest version. Which version are you running?

rpm -qa | grep rpm
rpm -qi rpm



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rpm-3.0.4-0.48
gnorpm-0.9-15
rpm-build-3.0.4-0.48
rpm-devel-3.0.4-0.48
rpm-python-3.0.4-0.48

Does this help? James Collins
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