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-3.12.6.tar.gz
This will create a directory with the same name as the tarball file.
D. Change your working directory to the hplip-3.12.6 directory.
Example:
cd hplip-3.12.6
Step 4: Configure HPLIP for installation
A. This step configures the development environment and checks that your system is ready to install HPLIP.
For specific information on using ./configure and the different options please go here. Also reference your distro documentation and configuration for additional information on which tags are relevant.Enter this command (select the appropriate command depending on your system configuration):
32 bit distro users (most users will use this command):
./configure --disable-network-build --disable-pp-build --disable-fax-build --disable-dbus-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-drv-install --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/HP --disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr
64 bit distro users:
./configure --disable-network-build --disable-pp-build --disable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-drv-install --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/HP --disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64
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.