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# libieee1284 0.2.10
# ==================
# Slackware 9.0 and 9.1's 'libieee1284' package includes version 0.2.6,
# 10.0 and 10.1's include 0.2.8, and 10.2's includes 0.2.10

# Prerequisites:
# gawk
# sed
# grep
# python (optional; for python module)

cd
test -f installed/libieee1284-0.2.10.tar.bz2 &&
mv installed/libieee1284-0.2.10.tar.bz2 .
test ! -f libieee1284-0.2.10.tar.bz2 &&
wget http://cyberelk.net/tim/data/libieee1284/stable/\
libieee1284-0.2.10.tar.bz2
mkdir -p -m 0700 src
cd src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "libieee1284-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xjvf ~/libieee1284-0.2.10.tar.bz2
cd libieee1284-0.2.10
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .
./configure --prefix=/usr
make

# Become root to install it
su

removepkg libieee1284
rm -f /usr/lib/libieee1284.*
make install
ldconfig

# Become yourself again
exit

cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/libieee1284-*.tar.*
mv libieee1284-0.2.10.tar.bz2 installed/

# If you ever want to uninstall libieee1284, this should do it:
cd
su
test -d src/libieee1284-* && ( cd src/libieee1284-* ; make uninstall )
rm -f /usr/bin/libieee1284_test /usr/include/ieee1284.h \
/usr/lib/libieee1284.* /usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/ieee1284module.*
for mp in doc/*.3; do rm -f /usr/man/man3/`basename $mp`; done
ldconfig
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "libieee1284-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/libieee1284-*.tar.*