Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 17:36:08 +1000 From: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: APSFILTER AND PRINTING Message-ID: <3.0.6.32.20000717173608.007b7100@192.168.1.194>
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>From: nlysaght@one.net.au >Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 21:56:42 +1100 >To: Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> >Subject: Re: APSFILTER AND PRINTING >X-Mailer: MR/2 Internet Cruiser Edition for OS/2 v1.61 b61 (Unregistered) > >Hi Danny > >Thanks for your reply. > >In <3.0.6.32.20000715143620.00806d80@192.168.1.194>, on 07/16/00 > at 09:56 PM, Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> said: > > >>In response to your email > >>VB is Visual Basic. > >I've liked QBASIC, VB is nice, but I do a little bit of REXX from >time-to-time. I know there are some C++ programmes in FreeBSD, so I am >looking forward to trying me hand. > >>Apsfilter should be in the 1st install CD. You should use >>/stand/sysinstall Select Configure(post configure), packages, print then >>you should see apsfilter > >Have gone there, but the first entry is "enscript", and the order is >alphabetical. > >>You should checkout www.freebsddiary.org for the tutotrial on apsfilter >>and how you can share that printer in Samba. > >I have been there (and have lodged my small treatise on mounting a Zip >Disk under FreeBSD). That's where I found about Apsfilter in the first >place. > >I again tried "make distclean" in the /usr/ports/printer/apsfilter, this >time off the Internet and on command line and out of KDE. It made >distclean, but can go no further until I go back on. > > /usr/local/apsfilter is still missing. > >Regards > >NICK > >>At 09:51 PM 7/13/00 +1100, nlysaght@one.net.au wrote: >>>Hi Danny. >>> >>>Thanks for contacting me again. >>> >>>In <4.3.0.20000713163903.00a7a9b0@192.168.1.194>, on 07/13/00 >>> at 09:51 PM, Danny <dannyh@idx.com.au> said: >>> >>> >>>>I have been using Apsfilter for 1 year on FreeBSD >>>>(except for today when I am using Windows to run VB) >>> >>>Is VB=Visual Basic? >>> >>>>Did you purchase the 4 cd set? >>>>Maybe you can install it from the CD's >>> >>>Yes, I did, and yes, I think it's on CD # 3, isn't it. Might have another >>>go tomorrow. >>> >>>>Apsfilter installs a directory located in /usr/local/apsfilter >>> >>>Now that's funny-peculiar. I could find it in /usr/ports/print/apsfilter, >>>but could never find it (when I was told to) where you said; in >>>/usr/local/apsfilter. >>> >>>>Sorry to everyone in advance if I am using Email headers, word wrap etc >>>>etc >>> >>>Fine by me, but I am receiving this with MR2-ICE now, but it will be kmail >>>tomorrow. I am having no problems. >>> >>> >>> >>>>At 07:59 AM 7/12/00 -0500, Jonathan Fosburgh wrote: >>>>>----- Original Message ----- >>>>>From: <nlysaght@one.net.au> >>>>>To: <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> >>>>>Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 4:02 AM >>>>>Subject: APSFILTER AND PRINTING >>>>> >>>>><major snippage> >>>>> >>>>> > > I am a newbie, recently coming from OS/2, >>>>> >>>>>Welcome! >>>>> >>>>> > > Two days ago, after going to /usr/ports/print/apsfilter, I ran >>"make all >>>>>clean >>>>> > > install" (or the correct order you have it in), and my system was >>>>>"making" for >>>>> > > about 30 minutes. When I checked it, it seemed to be "looping", the >>same >>>>> > > commands came up. >>>>> > > >>>>> >>>>>Let's take this step-by-step. >>>>>cd /usr/ports/print/apsfilter >>>>>make distclean # this will make sure that the old build is cleaned and the >>>>>old distfile is removed >>>>>make # This should fetch, extract, configure, and build the port, make sure >>>>>it succeeds and does not die >>>>> with a bunch of Error Code 1's >>>>>make install # This will install the port. After it is completely >>installed, >>>>>go >>>>> look at /var/db/pkg/apsfilter-$version/+CONTENTS and >>find out >>>>> where it installed everything, probably >>/usr/local/apsfilter >>>>>or /usr/local/share/apsfilter >>>>> Verify the files are actually installed there, then >>>>>make distclean # again >>>>> >>>>> > > When I did the same thing tonight, connection was refused. >>>>> >>>>>Probably the machine was not accepting connections due to load. >>>>> >>>>> > I've now tried to "make deinstall", but it appears, it was never >>installed >>>>> > in the first place. Is there a possibility I have strewn data files and >>>>> > bits of programme around my HDD to the point where I will have to >>>>> > re-install the whole partition? >>>>> > >>>>>I doubt this is the case, the ports system is (usually) good about this. >>>>>Likely, it never installed a single file outside of >>>>>/usr/ports/print/apsfilter. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >>>>>with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message >>> >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>----------------------------------------------------------- >>>nlysaght@one.net.au >>>----------------------------------------------------------- >>> > > > >-- >----------------------------------------------------------- >nlysaght@one.net.au >----------------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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