README
1CUPS bindings for Python
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4These Python bindings are intended to wrap the CUPS API.
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6Python 3 or later is required since Python 2 is unsupported since 2020-01-01.
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8Build dependencies
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11The following packages are needed for compiling PyCUPS. GCC compiler is needed because modules are written
12in C. CUPS development files are needed for providing CUPS API, which are used in modules and Python3
13development files for Python3 functions called in modules.
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15Packages needed for compilation (default package names are from Fedora, Ubuntu names are in the brackets
16if they differ from Fedora):
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18- gcc
19- cups-devel (libcups2-dev)
20- python3-devel (python3-dev)
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22Please install them before compiling PyCUPS.
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24Runtime dependencies
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27CUPS needs to be installed and running for PyCUPS working correctly.
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29How to compile and install
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32Do the following steps in the PyCUPS directory:
33$ make
34$ sudo make install
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36How to import cups module in python3 script
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39>>> import cups
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