HPLIP

Am warned that downloading hplip-3.18.7 may harm my computer

Asked by Opeoluwa Shonekan

On attempting to download LIP-3.18.7 onto my DELL 5520, I always receive a warning that it could harm my computer. Therefore I take evasive action by clicking on the 'problems downloading' icon. After successful downloading in this manner, I then double click to run the program. Alas, just before the run is complete, I receive another error message that informs me that there are errors in the program. Am also warned at this time that I should not edit it, but that I could retry running. Of course nothing works subsequently. Please advise urgently and accordingly.
Thanks in advance.

Opeoluwa Shonekan

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Badal (badalkumar) said : 		#1

Hi,
Download and installation of hplip driver should not cause any harm to your Linux system. Please download the HPLIP driver from the below mentioned path:
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip

If you face any issues in the installation, please share the error details along with the distro name and version.
Thanks,
Badal kumar

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Opeoluwa Shonekan (opeoluwa5520nigeria) said : 		#2

Thanks very much for responding, but am sure that you can appreciate the
fact that if my system alerts me to the fact that downloading the
hplip-3.18.7 driver could damage it, I would be unwise to ignore it.
What I chose to do instead is to click on the 'downloading issues' icon. I
then click on the download link provided. Under these conditions,the
download proceeds as expected. However, I find that the driver ( written in
Python code) fails to run.
Kindly investigate this area.
Thanks very much in advance.

On Mon, Aug 27, 2018, 12:57 Badal <email address hidden>
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> Your question #672527 on HPLIP changed:
> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/672527
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Badal proposed the following answer:
> Hi,
> Download and installation of hplip driver should not cause any harm to
> your Linux system. Please download the HPLIP driver from the below
> mentioned path:
> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/gethplip
>
> If you face any issues in the installation, please share the error details
> along with the distro name and version.
> Thanks,
> Badal kumar
>
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srinivas (srinivas5) said : 		#3

Hi,
Can you update the error details you faced during the .run file installation?
Please check the below link for how to install the .run file steps if needed:
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/install/install/index

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