Manual Build and Install Instructions for Red Hat 8/9
Step 1: Installation Prerequisite Steps
View the current Release Notes for additional information on this release.
Note
This process has been tested with Red Hat 8 and Red Hat 9. May work with other version of Red Hat (Enterprise, etc)
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
- A. Install RH8/RH9 Workstation to get gcc development tools. Or use the RH8/RH9
- Package Manager to install the Development Tools.
Gnome Menu
System Settings
Packages
- A. Goto the "Development" section, Click "Details" next to "Development Tools.
- Ensure the following packages are installed:
automake14
automake15
cvs
diffstat
dmalloc
doxygen
gcc-g77
gcc-gnat
gcc-java
indent
ltrace
memprof
patchutils
rcs
splint
A. Use the RH8 Package Manager and install CUPS under Printing Support.
Gnome Menu
System Settings
Packages
- A. Go to the "System" section, click "Details" next to Printing Support.
- Ensure the following package is installed:
Cups
A. Start the cupsd daemon:
su
/etc/init.d/cups start
A. Install cups-devel. RPM is on RH8 CD #2
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
Note: cd-rom may mount in a different directory. Should be something similiar however.
rpm -ivh cups-devel-1.1.15-10.i386.rpm
A. Install sane-backends-devel. RPM is on RH8 CD #2.
cd /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS
rpm -ivh sane-backends-devel-1.0.8-5.i386.rpm
A. Update libusb from 0.1.6 to 0.1.8.
wget http://hplip.sf.net/libusb-0.1.8.tar.gz
tar xzvf libusb-0.1.8.tar.gz
cd libusb-0.1.8
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
su
make install
rm /usr/lib/libusb.so
ln -s /usr/lib/libusb-0.1.4.4.0 /usr/lib/libusb.so
exit
A. Update xsane from 0.84 to 0.96 (actually 0.92 or higher will work).
wget http://hplip.sf.net/xsane-0.96.tar.gz
tar xzvf xsane-0.96.tar.gz
cd xsane-0.96
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
su
make install
exit
Use the Other Linux Distros page for a list of required depencency packages.
Use your distro documentation for installing the packages.
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 Steps
A. Start HPLIP daemons.
/etc/init.d/hplip start
- B. Libusb replaces the "printer" kernel module, so we must blacklist
- the "printer" kernel module so it will not be loaded during USB hotplug
events. This also means only libusb printer drivers will work when the
"printer" kernel module is removed.
a. Add "alias printer off" line to /etc/modules.conf.
Run from terminal:
su
gedit /etc/modules.conf
Add to the bottom of the file:
"alias printer off"
Save, Exit
b. Add "printer" line to /etc/hotplug/blacklist.
Run from terminal:
su
gedit /etc/hotplug/blacklist
Add to the bottom of the file:
"printer"
Save, Exit
c. Run:
su
/sbin/rmmod printer
C. Restart cupsd so that it will see new the USB printer.
/etc/init.d/cups restart
exit
Step 8: Configuring your printer using hp-setup
A. Run hp-check to verify that your system is configure correctly.
Enter this command:
hp-check
If any failures try and resolve them depending on the error. Contact the HPLIP Launchpad.net Page for support as needed.
