HPLIP

Step to install HPLIP to LINUX REDHAT

Asked by Alice Tan

Hi,

May i know that the step to install the HPLIP to Linux Redhat server?
I had download the rpm file and try to install it to the server, but hit the dependencies not found error.
I had follow the solution found in this group said that install with skip the dependencies.

But i am having error as below when do next step which is the "make" step.

make: *** No rule to make target 'install'. Stop.

So i would like to ask anyone can share with me the correct step to install the driver to linux redhat server.

Thank You.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#1

For Red Hat Enterprise Linux (6.0, 7.0, 7.2,7.6,7.7,7.8,7.9,8.0,8.2,8.3) you can use the automatic installer.
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/install/install/index?language=en

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Alice Tan (alicetan) said : 		#3

I had follow the documentation to install HPLIP.
But i hit error when doing the installation as below.
May i know any solution for this?
I had check the internet connection is active.

INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
-------------------------------------
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: gcc (gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: python3-pyqt5 (PyQt 5- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x))
warning: This installer cannot install 'python3-pyqt5' for your distro/OS and/or version.
error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency. Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.

Thank You.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#4

Which version number of Red Hat Enterprise Linux are you running?

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Alice Tan (alicetan) said : 		#5

Hi Manfred,

Below is the server details.

Linux localhost.localdomain 4.18.0-240.el8.ppc64le #1 SMP Wed Sep 23 05:08:15 EDT 2020 ppc64le ppc64le ppc64le GNU/Linux

Thank You.

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Manfred Hampl (m-hampl) said : 		#6

I think the problem is the architecture.
HPLIP has known problems when the architecture is different from i386 and amd64

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Alice Tan (alicetan) said : 		#7

Hi Manfred,

Thanks for the advise.

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#8

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