Re: printing

"\"Douglas R. Reno\"" ([email protected] via blfs-support Mailing List) <[email protected]> Fri, 21 Nov 2025 11:27:52 -0600
Newsgroups gmane.linux.lfs.beyond.support
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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

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