HPLIP

Can't install hplip-3.18.4: get ~.bin, not ~.run

Asked by Raymond Hubbard

The Sourceforg download site for hplip 3.18.4 yields hplip-3.18.4.bin--every time, never hplip-3.18.4.run. Yet the instructions stipulate the~.run file to install it. Where do I get it, or how do I install from the ~.bin file?

Alternatively, I've downloaded the entire of 3.18.4 set of files, including hplip-3.18.4.tar.gz, but they don't include the ~.run file. And when I try to extract that folder to the hplip-3.18.4 folder, I'm told that's not allowed (it already exists in my Downloads folder). And I can't delete the hplip-3.18.4 folder so as to replace it.

There IS an hplip 3.18.4 folder inside the ~.tar.gz folder, but I it's already full, so I can't extract this folder's contents to it.

I'm stymied! How do I install hplip-3.18.4 into my Linux Mint 17.3 installation with KDE (using Dolphin)?

Thanks.

Regards,
Ray

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

How and from which source are you downloading the hplip installer file?

Have you tried renaming the *.bin file to *.run?

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Best Shivani Mandora (shivani1709) said : 		#2

Hi,
The 3.18.4 .run file can be downloaded from the link – https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip
Select the distro name in the drop-down box in the link and then click the download button for the .run file.

Thanks and Regards,
Shivani

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Raymond Hubbard (raymondlhubbard) said : 		#3

Yes, I had tried renaming ~.bin to ~.run, but it didn't work. This time I
did again, using JI m's instruction <

cd ~/Downloads/ && chmod +x hplip-3.18.4.run && ./hplip-3.18.4.run>,
and it worked. And, yes, I had used the developers.hp,.com/... site
to download the ~.run file. That's where it always came as ~.bin.
But thanks; I have it now, except the tray icon doesn't work. That's
as it was before.

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 5:12 AM, Shivani Mandora <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #668718 on HPLIP changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/668718
>
> Status: Needs information => Answered
>
> Shivani Mandora proposed the following answer:
> Hi,
> The 3.18.4 .run file can be downloaded from the link –
> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip
> Select the distro name in the drop-down box in the link and then click the
> download button for the .run file.
>
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Shivani
>
> --
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Raymond Hubbard (raymondlhubbard) said : 		#4

No, other than the system tray icon's Device Manager's not coming up when
clicked. Oh, I see that I have to close this request. Thanks for
reminding me.

On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 10:31 AM, Raymond Hubbard <
<email address hidden>> wrote:

> Your question #668718 on HPLIP changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/668718
>
> Status: Answered => Open
>
> You are still having a problem:
> Yes, I had tried renaming ~.bin to ~.run, but it didn't work. This time I
> did again, using JI m's instruction <
>
> cd ~/Downloads/ && chmod +x hplip-3.18.4.run && ./hplip-3.18.4.run>,
> and it worked. And, yes, I had used the developers.hp,.com/... site
> to download the ~.run file. That's where it always came as ~.bin.
> But thanks; I have it now, except the tray icon doesn't work. That's
> as it was before.
>
>
> On Tue, May 8, 2018 at 5:12 AM, Shivani Mandora <
> <email address hidden>> wrote:
>
> > Your question #668718 on HPLIP changed:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/668718
> >
> > Status: Needs information => Answered
> >
> > Shivani Mandora proposed the following answer:
> > Hi,
> > The 3.18.4 .run file can be downloaded from the link –
> > https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip
> > Select the distro name in the drop-down box in the link and then click
> the
> > download button for the .run file.
> >
> >
> > Thanks and Regards,
> > Shivani
> >
> > --
> > If this answers your question, please go to the following page to let us
> > know that it is solved:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/668718/+
> confirm?answer_id=1
> >
> > If you still need help, you can reply to this email or go to the
> > following page to enter your feedback:
> > https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/668718
> >
> > You received this question notification because you asked the question.
> >
>
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> You received this question notification because you asked the question.
>

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Raymond Hubbard (raymondlhubbard) said : 		#5

Thanks Shivani Mandora, that solved my question.