Building and Installing captdriver: A Unified Guide

Foreword

The process of building captdriver varies between operating systems. This guide attempts to describe the process of building and installing captdriver on your system, while taking into account the different operating systems you may be running.

The entire process of building captdriver from source and installing it can be broken down into four stages:

1. Preparing the build environment on your system.

2. Downloading and compiling the source code.

3. Copying captdriver to the CUPS filter directory.

4. Configuring the printer for use with the CUPS daemon.

Building and Installation

The table below highlights the similarities and differences between operating systems when building and installing captdriver. To use it, identify your operating system (OS distribution) and then follow the guides in order, from 1 to 4.

OS/Distro	1: Build Env. Preparation	2. Download & Compile	3. Installation	4. Configuration
CentOS (8.1.1911)	Fedora BE	Build guide	GNU/Linux install	Command line
Debian	Debian BE	Build guide	GNU/Linux install	Command line
Fedora (22+)	Fedora BE	Build guide	GNU/Linux install	Command line
Xubuntu	Debian BE	Build guide	GNU/Linux install	Command line
Zorin OS	Debian BE	Build guide	GNU/Linux install	Command line

Acknowledgement

This guide contains information adapted from the Candid's Brain LBP2900 Printer on Linux tutorial, first published 2014 January 16th.