Manual Build and Install Instructions for Linspire
Step 1: Installation Prerequisite Steps
View the current Release Notes for additional information on this release.
The HPLIP install of Linspire is a manual process. It's advised that you have some experience using the CNR application.
Note
You will need root access to complete many of the steps while installing HPLIP. If you do not have root access contact your system admin for assistance.
Step 2: Install Dependency Packages
To install the required dependencies for HPLIP on Linspire follow these steps.
A. Start the CNR application. If you need assistance please refer to the Linspire documentation and/or other resources.
B. Search and install the following applications:
build-essential gs-esp libcupsys2 libjpeg62-dev libsnmp5-dev libusb-dev openssl python-dev python-qt3-gl python-reportlab sane-utils sane-dev xsane libsane-dev cupsddk cupsddk-drivers
Step 3: Download HPLIP
Note
We recommend that you download the HPLIP tarball to your home or desktop directory.
A. Click here to Download the Regular Tarball
B. Go to the directory where you downloaded the HPLIP tarball.
Example:
cd ~/Desktop
C. Uncompress the tarball.
Enter this command:
tar xvfz hplip-3.10.6.tar.gz
This will create a directory with the same name as the tarball file.
D. Change your working directory to the hplip-3.10.6 directory.
Example:
cd hplip-3.10.6
Step 5: Run Make
A. This step will compile the HPLIP source.
Important
You want to run make as a regular user, NOT as root.
Enter this command:
make
Step 6: Run Make Install
A. This step will install HPLIP.
Enter this command:
su -c "make install"
Step 7: Post Installation Step(s)
A. If you are going to be setting up a printer with USB and the printer is already plugged in, you will need to do one of the following:
- Unlpug and re-plug in the USB printer, or
- Restart your PC.
Failure to do this will cause your USB printer to not be detected by HPLIP.
