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<h1 class="title">Manual Build and Install Instructions for Ubuntu</h1>
<div class="section">
<h1><a id="step-1-installation-prerequisite-steps" name="step-1-installation-prerequisite-steps">Step 1: Installation Prerequisite Steps</a></h1>
<p><a class="reference" href="../../../release_notes.html">View the current Release Notes</a> for additional information on this release.</p>
<div class="note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">You will need root access to complete many of the steps while installing HPLIP. If you do not have root access contact your system admin for assistance.</p>
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<div class="section">
<h1><a id="step-2-install-dependency-packages" name="step-2-install-dependency-packages">Step 2: Install Dependency Packages</a></h1>
<p><strong>A.</strong> Open a terminal shell.</p>
<p><strong>B.</strong> Update your apt repositories.</p>
<p>Enter this command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
sudo apt-get update
</pre>
<p><strong>C.</strong> Install the required dependency packages.</p>
<p>Enter this command: (choose the appropriate command depending on your version)</p>
<p>Ubuntu 5.04 (Hoary) / 5.10 (Breezy)</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libcupsys libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd build-essential gs-esp openssl libjpeg62-dev libsnmp5-dev build-essential libtool libusb-dev build-essential python-imaging python2.4-qt3 python-dev python python python-reportlab sane libsane-dev sane-utils xsane
</pre>
<p>Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper) / 6.10 (Edgy) / 7.04 (Feisty) / 7.10 (Gutsy)</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes libcupsys2 libcupsys2-dev cupsys-bsd build-essential gs-esp openssl libjpeg62-dev libsnmp9-dev build-essential libtool libusb-dev build-essential python-imaging python-qt3 python2.5-dev python python python-reportlab libsane libsane-dev libsane xsane
</pre>
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<h1><a id="step-3-download-hplip" name="step-3-download-hplip">Step 3: Download HPLIP</a></h1>
<div class="note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">We recommend that you download the HPLIP tarball to your home or desktop directory.</p>
</div>
<p><strong>A.</strong> Click here to <a class="reference" href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hplip/hplip-2.8.2.tar.gz">Download the Regular Tarball</a></p>
<p><strong>B.</strong> Go to the directory where you downloaded the HPLIP tarball.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
cd ~/Desktop
</pre>
<p><strong>C.</strong> Uncompress the tarball.</p>
<p>Enter this command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
tar xvfz hplip-2.8.2.tar.gz
</pre>
<p>This will create a directory with the same name as the tarball file.</p>
<p><strong>D.</strong> Change your working directory to the hplip-2.8.2 directory.</p>
<p>Example:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
cd hplip-2.8.2
</pre>
<hr></div>
<div class="section">
<h1><a id="step-4-configure-hplip-for-installation" name="step-4-configure-hplip-for-installation">Step 4: Configure HPLIP for installation</a></h1>
<p><strong>A.</strong> This step configures the development environment and checks that your system is ready to install HPLIP.</p>
For specific information on using ./configure and the different options <a href="#" onClick="MyWindow=window.open('../configure.html','MyWindow','toolbar=no,location=no,directories=no,status=no,menubar=no,scrollbars=yes,resizable=yes,width=900,height=400'); return false;">please go here</a>. Also reference your distro documentation and configuration for additional information on which tags are relevant.<p>Enter this command (select the appropriate command depending on your system configuration):</p>
<div class="note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Ubuntu 7.04 / 6.10 / 6.06 and later use one of the commands:</p>
</div>
<p>32 bit distro users:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
./configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build --enable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-drv-install --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs/HP --disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr
</pre>
<p>64 bit distro users:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
./configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build --enable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build --enable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-drv-install --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs/HP --disable-hpijs-only-build --libdir=/usr/lib64 --prefix=/usr
</pre>
<div class="note">
<p class="first admonition-title">Note</p>
<p class="last">Ubuntu 8.04 / 7.10 use one of the commands below:</p>
</div>
<p>32 bit distro users:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
./configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build --enable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build --disable-foomatic-ppd-install --enable-foomatic-drv-install --with-drvdir=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp/ --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs/HP --disable-hpijs-only-build --prefix=/usr
</pre>
<p>64 bit distro users:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
./configure --enable-network-build --disable-pp-build --enable-fax-build --enable-gui-build --enable-scan-build --enable-doc-build --disable-foomatic-ppd-install --enable-foomatic-drv-install --with-drvdir=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp/ --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/hpijs/HP --disable-hpijs-only-build --libdir=/usr/lib64 --prefix=/usr
</pre>
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<div class="section">
<h1><a id="step-5-run-make" name="step-5-run-make">Step 5: Run Make</a></h1>
<p><strong>A.</strong> This step will compile the HPLIP source.</p>
<div class="important">
<p class="first admonition-title">Important</p>
<p class="last">You want to run make as a regular user, NOT as root.</p>
</div>
<p>Enter this command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
make
</pre>
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<div class="section">
<h1><a id="step-6-run-make-install" name="step-6-run-make-install">Step 6: Run Make Install</a></h1>
<p><strong>A.</strong> Run the symlink fix script.</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
sudo python ./installer/fix_symlink.py
</pre>
<p>Or to run the script manually run:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
cat /installer/fix_symlink.py
</pre>
<p><strong>B.</strong> This step will install HPLIP.</p>
<p>Enter this command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
sudo make install
</pre>
<hr></div>
<div class="section">
<h1><a id="step-7-post-installation-step-s" name="step-7-post-installation-step-s">Step 7: Post Installation Step(s)</a></h1>
<p><strong>A.</strong> If you are going to be setting up a printer with USB and the printer is already plugged in, you will need to do one of the following:</p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li>Unlpug and re-plug in the USB printer, or</li>
<li>Restart your PC.</li>
</ol>
<p>Failure to do this will cause your USB printer to not be detected by HPLIP.</p>
<hr></div>
<div class="section">
<h1><a id="step-8-configuring-your-printer-using-hp-setup" name="step-8-configuring-your-printer-using-hp-setup">Step 8: Configuring your printer using hp-setup</a></h1>
<p><a class="reference" href="../hp_setup.html">Continue to hp-setup</a></p>
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<center><small>Page last updated: Tue Feb 5 18:12:20 2008; HPLIP Version: 2.8.2</small></center>
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