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<h1 class="title">Installation - Step 3 - Download and install HPLIP software</h1>
<p>If you already have the latest HP printing software installed, then proceed to <a class="reference" href="../step4/index.html">Step 4: Add the Printer</a>.</p>
<p>If the HP printing software is not included with your Linux distribution, or you want to ensure that you have the latest version of the software, follow these steps to download and install the HP printing software.</p>
<p><em>Warning: If you are upgrading HPLIP and HPLIP is already preinstalled with your distribution, or you if you installed HPLIP using an RPM, DEB, or other package, please uninstall the previous version using the method specific for your distribution. If you do not do this, you may have package conflict issues or functionality problems.</em></p>
<ol class="arabic simple">
<li>Download the HPLIP tar file that contains the current HP printing software from the <a class="reference" href="http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=149981">HPLIP sourceforge download page</a>.</li>
<li>Make note the folder in which you save the HPLIP tar.gz file.</li>
<li>Open a console/terminal window.</li>
<li>Enter this command to navigate to the folder that contains the HPLIP tar file that you downloaded in step 1:</li>
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<pre class="literal-block">
cd [file path]
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<p>(for example: cd /home/user/documents)</p>
<ol class="arabic simple" start="5">
<li>Enter this command to extract the driver files from the HPLIP tar file:</li>
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<pre class="literal-block">
tar xvfz [HPLIP filename.tar.gz]
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<p>(for example: $ tar xvfz hplip-0.9.tar.gz)</p>
<p>The files are extracted to a directory named for the HPLIP version (for example, "hplip-0.9").</p>
<ol class="arabic simple" start="6">
<li>Enter this command to navigate to the directory containing the HPLIP files:</li>
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<pre class="literal-block">
cd [folder name]
</pre>
<p>(Example: # cd hplip-0.8)</p>
<ol class="arabic simple" start="7">
<li>Enter this command (for 32-bit operating systems only - for 64-bit operating systems, skip this step and do step 8):</li>
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<pre class="literal-block">
./configure --prefix=/usr
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<div class="important">
<p class="first admonition-title">Important</p>
<p class="last">Special step required for 64-bit operating systems.</p>
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<ol class="arabic simple" start="8">
<li>For <strong>64-bit</strong> Operating Systems enter this command:</li>
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./configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib64
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<ol class="arabic simple" start="9">
<li>Enter this command:</li>
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<pre class="literal-block">
make
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<ol class="arabic simple" start="10">
<li>Follow these steps to log in as the super user:</li>
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<p><em>If you are using Ubuntu go to Step 14.</em></p>
<p>Enter this command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
su
</pre>
<ol class="arabic simple" start="11">
<li>Press Enter.</li>
<li>Enter the root password.</li>
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<p class="first admonition-title">Warning</p>
<p class="last">The root password gives you administrative privileges on the system.</p>
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<ol class="arabic simple" start="13">
<li>Press Enter.</li>
<li>Enter this command:</li>
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<pre class="literal-block">
make install
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<p>For Ubuntu, Enter this command:</p>
<pre class="literal-block">
sudo make install
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<p><a class="reference" href="../step4/index.html">Proceed to step 4.</a></p>
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