Re: printing
"\"Douglas R. Reno\"" ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:27:52 -0600
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On 11/21/25 8:47 AM, Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) wrote: > On 11/20/25 4:33 PM, Bruce Dubbs ([email protected] via > blfs-support Mailing List) wrote: >> On 11/20/25 3:23 PM, Richard ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing >> List) wrote: >>> >>> I've built blfs-12.4 according to the stable book, and I'm having >>> a hard time getting printing to work. I have an HP SmartTank >>> 7602 printer, so I need to somehow install hplip. I got to >>> the point in blfs-12.2 that I could use the printer, but so far >>> no luck in 12.4. I realize that you do not support hplip, so I won't >>> ask for instructions, but I am just curious if anyone has >>> gotten the hplip automatic installer to work for blfs-12.4? >>> I think I've installed the required dependencies for packages, >>> except I haven't install QT6. >> >> I was using hplip until the printer failed. My notes were: >> >> Not sure if gutenprint is needed. >> >> hplip needs net-snmp >> install fails with man pages (needs sedscript whatever that is) >> >> hplip needs sane >> >> Set parallel port capability! >> >> Build with: >> >> ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-pp-build >> make >> sudo make install >> ============ >> From another user: >> >> For HPLIP, I use >> "./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --enable-cups-ppd-install". >> >> This is for an HP Envy All-In-One (printer, scanner, copier). There >> should be >> no need for parallel port capability. Gutenprint is not needed (I >> don't know >> if it may be required for some printer models, but it isn't for me) >> and there >> is no need to restart CUPS afterwards. >> >> > > Still no luck, I always get a 'make' error: > make: *** [Makefile:6597: cupsext_la-cupsext.lo] Error 1 > Do you have Python2 installed? I don't, and I'm wondering > if that could be my problem. > > Richard > Hi Richard, Can you post the error that appears above the 'make' line? That doesn't really give us much to work with... - Doug -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/info/blfs-support Unsubscribe: See the above information page