Re: [LUG] Epson Stylus Photo R200

[Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Julian Hall wrote:

> Neil, Robin, thanks guys the FAT32 was most of the problem.  However, 
> I just tried to compile the latest CUPS 5.0.0 Beta2, the make worked, 
> make install didn't.
>
> The errors I got are as below:
Just answered it for myself.  Yes I was supposed to be logged in as root.

This is something that *always* confuses ex-Windows users such as me.  
Why would it allow me to run the 'configure' *and* the 'make' as the 
normal user if I had to run the 'make install' as root?

As far as I can see, 'configure', 'make' and 'make install' are all part 
of the SAME installation process.  That's like a Windows installer 
allowing the user to make the directories and choose what parts of the 
program to install and then bombing out saying the rest has to be done 
logged in as Administrator.  It makes more logical (and intuitive) sense 
to me for the './configure' command to produce an error right at the 
beginning stating "packages must be installed as root user" to begin 
with, not allow me to get half-way through and then throw up what are 
(to a non-Linux expert) a list of impenetrable errors.

This wastes my time, AND the time of you all who have to answer daft 
questions from the likes of me, when if it was designed with the 
end-user in mind to start with, we'd all have an easier life.

I'm sure there is a reason the developers designed the system to work 
this way, but in my humble opinion, for novice users it is counter 
intuitive and likely to make those less stubborn than I am (g) run back 
to Windows.

Anyway, for the time being all the packages I've been having grief with 
lately (KOPete, Gimp-Print, and CUPS) have all passed the 'make install' 
stage.

Now to see if they work.

Thanks to all who have given their advice in all the above issues :)

Kind regards,

Julian

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