[Mickey200123456]

I found the driver close enough for this Lexmark Printer and have no idea how to install it. Its a tar.gz file , I think I understand the concept of unzipping it , but what how do u install the files after that. Below is a link to the page and file name I'm referring to.
//www.xs4all.nl/~pastolk/drv_z42-0.3.4b.tar.gz

Thanks for the help !!!

[snowdog]

tar -zxvf drv_z42-0.3.4b.tar.gz, then read the README and the INSTALL files (if they are there). These are the commands for installing from tarballs... ./configure
make
make install

Cheers

[Mickey200123456]

Im a little confused about the part where it says about /.configure, make, make install ? Is this right or is where the file name goes or some other name ???

[codejockey]

OK, here's a quick summary. You need to understand that what you are doing is building an executable program from the original source code (hey, that's why they call it open source!). So here's what's going on (roughly speaking):

./configure -> scopes out your system, customizes the build process for your system.
make -> builds the executable programs or modules
make install -> installs the executable programs or modules

You do not have to enter any filenames, as all commands either do not need one or use the default. You should probably be root before you start the process.

Hope this helps.

[lynch]

Look for a new sub-directory after you unpack the tar.gz file.Probably called Lexmark or somthing.That's where the README and install instructions will be.You should change (cd)to that directory before you run the ./configure,make and make install commands.
What model Lexmark printer?If,as I see from the file name,that its a Z42 then it should have been configured during install.At least,mine was.Have you tried the MCC app to configure it?It set mine up using the foomatic drivers and it works pretty well for me.
I didnt see the link you referred to,BTW.
lynch

[Mickey200123456]

After reading your info I might have figured it out. Will post when I know for sure.

Thanks !

[Mickey200123456]

Tried installing the file again and couldnt figure it out. Sorry about the previous post of not having the right website address in there. I think I pretty much understand the commands now, I've installed software on my machine which is running rh9. Somewhere I've read about using foomatic to install somedrivers for the printer but not to sure how to get updates(thats how to get the foomatic to install them I think) for mandrake 9.1. Do u have to pay to join that service ?

Thanks !!!

[codejockey]

Check out www.linuxprinting.org for the latest and greatest info and drivers for printing under Linux. Foomatic (and friends) and lots of tutorials also live there. Hope this helps.

[Mickey200123456]

After much delay I have came back to the mandrake box with the Lexmark printer. The website I got the driver is . This is the page /www.xs4all.nl/~pastolk/ During the configure part I got the following message, I have no idea what it means, maybe one of u can figure it out for me.

[dad@localhost z42tool]$ su
Password:
[root@localhost z42tool]# ./configure
creating cache ./config.cache
checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... missing
checking for working autoheader... missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking for strerror in -lcposix... no
checking for gcc... no
checking for cc... no
configure: error: no acceptable cc found in $PATH
[root@localhost z42tool]#
Thanks !!!1

[codejockey]

The configure script is looking for a compiler to build the executable(s) from the source files, and can't find one in the directories listed in your PATH environment variable. You may have chosen not to install development tools during installation, which would explain why a compiler can't be found. On my (slackware) system, cc is /usr/bin/cc. Also, you may have your PATH variable set incorrectly; try the command: echo $PATH from the command line to see the contents of your PATH variable. Finally, I notice that you became root using the "su" command. Try using su - root instead (you will be prompted for the root password), as this will change your ID to root and perform all login processing as if you had logged in originally as root. It's possible that your normal-user PATH does not include the directory where cc lives, but root's PATH might.

Hope this helps.

[Mickey200123456]

Codejockey, thanks for the help, you are probably right as to the point of not having installed the compiler. Thanks for the tip concerning su - root, I will let u know how it all works out.

Thanks again !