On 05/06/16 10:14, Timothy Murphy wrote:
Ed Greshko wrote:
I'm trying to compile Canon's Linux driver for my Canon MG5550 printer, and the instructions tell me to run "rpmbuild".
Isn't it as simply as....
[egreshko@f24b ~]$ dnf whatprovides *bin/rpmbuild Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:33 ago on Sat Jun 4 21:50:19 2016. rpm-build-4.13.0-0.rc1.27.fc24.x86_64 : Scripts and executable programs used to : build packages
Followed by the install of "rpm-build"?
Thank you, Ed. You are (as usual) quite right. I think all that was required to get the program rpmbuild was to dnf-install rpm-build.
Sadly, even with this in place, I cannot compile Canon's official driver, which is enormous. The 2000-line process log ends with **Error**: You must have `glib' installed. You can get it from: ftp//ftp.gtk.org/pub/gtk In fact glib (and glib-devel) are installed - I assume glib is not in the expected place.
I shall continue to look for a way to compile the Canon program. Meanwhile I have to re-boot into Windows to use this printer.
You don't say why you need to compile; I have an MG4250 scanner/printer which works for me in SL7 with cnijfilter-mg4200series-3.80-1-rpm
There appear to be two similar sets of *.rpm.tar.gz packages (v2.20 and v4.00) for the mg5500 series here:
http://www.canonprinter-drivers.com/2016/04/canon-pixma-mg5500-drivers-downl...
HTH
John P