Installation on Linux

The Linux installation process involves a few steps with the command line.  You should be the superuser (root) to perform the installation.

You can download the CirrusPrint client from the installed CirrusPrint server to ensure a fully compatible version.  You can also download it from cirrusprint.com, but this version may be higher than the one included with the server that you will connect to.

•The Linux client is downloaded as a zip file, cp30c.linux.zip.  Extract the two files to a working directory, such as /tmp.  You can use the Linux unzip program, or else extract them on another system and copy the files to the CirrusPrint Linux system.  Note if you use ftp to copy the files, be sure to use binary mode.
 

•Run ./cp30c.install.sh, which will prompt for a directory to install CirrusPrint into, the default is /opt/cp30c or wherever a current installation is found.  If this is a new installation, the directory chosen must be new or empty.  The installer will stop and start CirrusPrint during the install process.
 

•Once the installed, the setup.sh script is run, which will prompt for license acceptance, then

oCreate the cp30c user

oConfigure either systemd or init.d service service scripts, using the name cp30c

oCreate the /usr/bin/cp30c management script

Use the following simple options as root or sudo to start and stop the server:

cp30c start

cp30c stop

cp30c restart

Updates

The Linux client monitors for updates on the server that include new client software.  As soon as it detects a change, it will download and install the update.  If the update can't be installed, messages are logged on the client and server and the next client restart will install the update.