On Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 02:08:17 +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > On 19.03.2019 1:56, Brian wrote: > > On Tue 19 Mar 2019 at 01:45:20 +0500, Alexander V. Makartsev wrote: > > > >> On 19.03.2019 0:38, Brian wrote: > >>> The advice is good but is there a good reason to advocate installing > >>> hplip from source rather than from the stretch package? > >>> > >> I didn't advocated per se the installation of upstream package, the > >> point was to tell OP of it's existence, among the other things. > >> As I stated before, I never used hplip myself, but it's good to know it > >> is already in official repositories. > > You could have checked beforehand. > There are so many things in my life I'd like to check beforehand.
On Debian: apt search hplip I do not know if that applies to all the other things in your life you want to know about. > >> $ rmadison -s stretch,stretch-backports hplip > >> hplip | 3.16.11+repack0-3 | stable | source, amd64, > >> arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x > >> hplip | 3.18.12+dfsg0-2~bpo9+1 | stretch-backports | source, amd64, > >> arm64, armel, armhf, i386, mips, mips64el, mipsel, ppc64el, s390x > >> > >> I would recommend to install upstream package only if the most recent > >> version of it is absolutely required and I highly doubt it is required > >> in this case. > > You doubt correctlly. > > > >> But even then, personally, I'd try to build a backport from source > >> package available from 'experimental' first, or build from a tarball and > >> use tools, like 'checkinstall', to make a simple deb package. > >> Those procedures are right thing to do, but it's for the users to decide > >> if they are up for the task, because these procedures often require > >> serious time investment and expertise. > > Unnecessary. Backports already exist. It's only a matter of checking. > > > The latest version of hplip (3.19.1) is only available in 'experimental' > for now, so backport of it for stretch doesn't exist. You'd know that > it's only matter of checking. :) Experimental packages (by their very nature) are not backported. In any case, what good is it supposed to do for this ancient printer? -- Brian.
