sudo  ./configure
[sudo] password for patricia:
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... no
checking for mawk... mawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables...
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ANSI C... none needed
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking dependency style of gcc... none
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for gawk... (cached) mawk
checking for rpmbuild... no
./configure: line 2792: rpm: command not found
checking for cups-config... no
./configure: line 2830: test: =: unary operator expected
configure: error: *** 'cups-config' missing, please install CUPS or fix your $PATH ***
patricia@patricia-HP-Compaq-6735b:~/Epson-ALCX11-filter-1.1$