2008/8/23 Patrick Dupre <pd520@xxxxxxxxxx>: > On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Steve Repo wrote: > >>>>>> >>>>> Thank for the advise. >>>>> This it what I did. >>>>> but after making make install. the hplip-1.7.4 (rpm) is this here >>>>> and I got the errors that I previously mention. >>>>> If I remove the rpm hplip.1.7.4 package, and make an install >>>>> of hplip.2.8.7, I lost also the hp-setup, etc... commands even after >>>>> I reinstall, so I have to reinstall the rpm hplip.1.7.4 ! >>>>> >>>>> I do not understand why I cannot get the hp- etc... commands >>>>> from hplip-2.8.7.tgz ! >>>> >>>> If you installed the new version from source, you may want to check were >>>> it gets installed. Probably in /usr/local, which is a good location for >>>> software that doesn't come from an rpm. But by default, it is not in >>>> your path. Also, many administrative utilities usually end up in one of >>>> the sbin directories (eg /usr/local/sbin), and those are by default only >>>> in root's path (and fedora packages often set up consolehelper for users >>>> to prompt them for the root password before running such applications. >>>> >>>> So take a look in /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/sbin and if the tool is >>>> there, you may try running it from there. >>>> >>> I made an updatedb and locate hp-setup after a make and make install, >>> but only the one installed by hplip-1.7.4.rpm is here ! >>> Does it recognize that there is a rpm package and doed not reinstall >>> a hp-setup ? >>> >> >> >> I'd recommend you do the following, >> >> [1] uninstall hplip rpm (rpm -e hplip) >> [2] Untar source (tar -xvzf hplip-2.8.7.tgz) >> [3] Read the README or INSTALL >> [4] You may have to run ./configure (not sure check the docs mentioned in >> #3) >> [5] make ; make install >> [6] #5 will probably install in /usr/local >> >> This is a generic install for source package. Installation may be >> different for hplip. > > I alrady did, but I am going to do it again! >> >> I never had to install it and so im not too sure. >> >> Instead of installing from source, you can try this rpm for fedora 9 from >> here, >> http://rpm.pbone.net/index.php3/stat/3/srodzaj/1/search/config(hplip) >> >> There is hplip 2.8.5 rpms for both i386 and x86_64 architectures. > > Yes, I also try to compile the fc9 version, it does work, but I cannot > install it because a dependence problem which would have requires > to go to far in recompiling etc... (including SElinux). > If there are dependencies, try yum localinstall <hplip rpm filename> Yum will automatically download dependencies. Steve -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
