Robert, Sorry for the delay. He's my first draft for the red hat enterprise install instructions. The below instructions will walk through configuring your linux environment for hplip, then you'll want to do a manual install of hplip. and start here:
http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/manual/download.html I've got printing and scanning to work. Although that's all that I've tested as of yet. I'd appreciate your feedback. (and anyone elses) Thanks. A --- Red Hat Enterprise --- *Note*: This process has been tested on RHEL AS 4.0 **Step 1: Install the development environment.** Click Applications Click System Settings Click Add/Remove Applications Click the check mark next to "Development Tools" then click "Update". Complete the "Package Manager" instructions to install the development tools. Exit the "Package Manager". **Step 2: Install the HPLIP dependencies.** Use this process to install the dependencies: (list of dependencies below) Insert the CD requested Double click on "Computer" Double click on the cd-rom icon Double click "RedHat" Double Click "RPMS" Find the file (list below) Right click on the file and then click "Open with "Install Packages" The package should then be installed. **List of dependencies to install:** *Note*: The dependencies might be on different disk's depending on your rhel version. **CD 2** xsane **CD 3** cups-devel libjpeg-devel pyqt pyqt-devel **CD 4** net-snmp-devel Dependencies should now be installed. Complete the rest of the hplip install, starting here: http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/manual/download.html On 1/6/07, Robert and Jocelyn Kahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am interested in installing HPLIP on my Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v 3) > system. > I optimistically tried the self-extracting archive with installer, but > it failed (no big > surprise, since red hat was not listed as being supported!). > Early on there was a warning that the config file /etc/hp/hplip.conf was > not found. > Then it appears that the install scripts ran into an error on line 125 > of dcheck.py > (perhaps because of the non-existing hplip.conf file?) > > So I thought I'd try a manual install instead. > But I see that it says "Instructions under development" > at the URL > http://hplip.sourceforge.net/install/manual/distros/redhatenterprise.html > > Do you know when the manual instructions will be completed? > Or when the self-extracting archive with installer will support Red Hat > Enterprise Linux? > > Thanks much, > > Robert Kahn > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT > Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your > opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash > http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV > _______________________________________________ > HPLIP-Help mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help > -- I don't care, I'm still free. You can't take the sky from me. - "Firefly" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ HPLIP-Help mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hplip-help
