HPLIP

Version: 3.18.9 download and instructions incorrect

Asked by Karie Cook

When I download the Version: 3.18.9 for printing and imaging, it downloads an rpm file not a run file. The instructions say it should be a run file. I extracted the rpm file, but cannot find a run file anywhere. The screen shots in the instructions also say the file name is hplip-3.17.10.run and they say to enter the command as shown following the $ which is not correct.

Please help.

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srinivas (srinivas5) said : 		#1

Hi,
You need to select the distro in the drop down list for downloading the file in .run for the distro you need. .rpm file format is for RHEL.

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Karie Cook (kariecook) said : 		#2

OK. I am running Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7. So for the distros I selected Red hat Enterprise Linux. Selected 7 for version then selected Full Package.

So from your answer I guess I will only get an rpm for RHEL V7. So where are the instructions for installing that? Am I missing something, is there another distro I should choose/ can you be more specific?

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srinivas (srinivas5) said : 		#3

You can install the downloaded rpm file with below command:
su -c "rpm -Uvh --nodeps <rpm file>"

For the print functionality, we need to install the ‘setroubleshoot’ package before the hplip driver rpm installation.
Command: su -c “yum install setroubleshoot”

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