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"Anthony" writes:
>
> I am running Redhat 7.2 with kernel 2.4.7-10 and am trying to install the
> rpm samba-3.0.0beta3-1.i386.rpm. When I use the GnomeRPM utility to start
> the install, I get the error stating that this rpm requires libcups.so.2.
> Where can I find this? Your help is appreciated.

The libcups.so.2 library is part of the CUPS package. I don't know offhand
if any precompiled binary distribution of CUPS is available for RH 7.2.
Check the CUPS Web site, http://www.cups.org, or an RPM Find mirror, like
http://rpmfind.net. You should also be able to compile from source code.

I don't know offhand if the Samba 3.0 RPM for RH really *REQUIRES*
libcups; it might be one of those things where it's listed as a dependency
because some binaries you'll never use require it. Thus, you may be able
to install with the --nodeps parameter to rpm with no ill effects -- or
Samba might not work at all if you try that.

I don't know offhand if the requirement is there because of some
hard-coded options in the source RPM or because the configure scripts
found libcups on the system on which it was compiled. In the latter case,
you should be able to rebuild your own binary RPM from the source RPM and
not deal with this problem. Certainly you can rebuild from the standard
source tarball without problems on a non-CUPS system.

--
Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking

Anthony wrote:

> I am running Redhat 7.2 with kernel 2.4.7-10 and am trying to install the
> rpm samba-3.0.0beta3-1.i386.rpm. When I use the GnomeRPM utility to start
> the install, I get the error stating that this rpm requires libcups.so.2.
> Where can I find this? Your help is appreciated.
>
Probably a search for libcups2 on rpmfind will give results (or use mandrake
and urpmi *SCNR*). You might also try to install with the --nodeps switch
and don't forget to remove any line that states "printing = cups" from your
smb.conf.

This leaves me in a weird spot. One of the main points of me trying to test
this new version of samba was to also set up a new platform test cups
instead of LPRng. I've read so many good things about cups that I wanted to
try it before abandoning lpr.

I went to the cups site after I posted my original message and downloaded
the 1.1x software and followed the instructions in the readme files for the
installation. I then tried to do the samba install again and got the same
message, which I thought was weird. I also did a search for libcups.so.2
and the couldn't find the correct version for my distrobution - redhat 7.2.
Anyway, I will try your suggestion of nodependency installation and see how
that works. Thanks for responding.

Anthony

"Rod Smith" wrote in message
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> In article ,
> "Anthony" writes:
> >
> > I am running Redhat 7.2 with kernel 2.4.7-10 and am trying to install
the
> > rpm samba-3.0.0beta3-1.i386.rpm. When I use the GnomeRPM utility to
start
> > the install, I get the error stating that this rpm requires
libcups.so.2.
> > Where can I find this? Your help is appreciated.
>
> The libcups.so.2 library is part of the CUPS package. I don't know offhand
> if any precompiled binary distribution of CUPS is available for RH 7.2.
> Check the CUPS Web site, http://www.cups.org, or an RPM Find mirror, like
> http://rpmfind.net. You should also be able to compile from source code.
>
> I don't know offhand if the Samba 3.0 RPM for RH really *REQUIRES*
> libcups; it might be one of those things where it's listed as a dependency
> because some binaries you'll never use require it. Thus, you may be able
> to install with the --nodeps parameter to rpm with no ill effects -- or
> Samba might not work at all if you try that.
>
> I don't know offhand if the requirement is there because of some
> hard-coded options in the source RPM or because the configure scripts
> found libcups on the system on which it was compiled. In the latter case,
> you should be able to rebuild your own binary RPM from the source RPM and
> not deal with this problem. Certainly you can rebuild from the standard
> source tarball without problems on a non-CUPS system.
>
> --
> Rod Smith, rodsmith@rodsbooks.com
> http://www.rodsbooks.com
> Author of books on Linux, FreeBSD, and networking