Cannot compile HPLIP

Question

I have Ubuntu 17.10. My kernel version is 4.14.21-041421-generic. I have downloaded HPLIP 3.17.11 run file from the website. Unfortunately I am unable to compile it. After running the .run file, it starts ./configure, which throws an error regarding net-snmp.

In particular, these are the last lines of configure:

checking for cups ppd install... no
checking for foomatic-rip-hplip install... no
checking for qt5... no
checking for qt4... yes
checking for qt3... no
checking for policykit... no
checking for host machine platform... x86_64
checking for CRYPTO_free in -lcrypto... no
configure: error: cannot find net-snmp support (or --disable-network-build)

SNMP is installed:

snmp is already the newest version (5.7.3+dfsg-1.7ubuntu1).

and libsnmp-dev is also installed (version 5.7.3).

? Can't the default hplip (3.17.7+repack0-3) packages be used ? https://packages.ubuntu.com/source/artful/hplip — Knud Larsen, Mar 01 '18 at 18:50

N0rbert · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-01T20:02:51.070

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Two moments here

hplip-gui is well-packaged on 17.10 - you will get 3.17.7, you can install this version with:
```
sudo apt-get install hplip-gui
```
If you need to compile this package you should do the following:

enable source code repositories in software-properties-gtk then get build-dependencies
```
sudo apt-get build-dep hplip-gui
```
and then run ./configure, make and so on.

edited Mar 01 '18 at 20:02

answered Mar 01 '18 at 19:00

N0rbert

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I can't use the stock version because it's bugged, and your second solution doesn't work! You must put some 'source' URIs in your sources.list – robertspierre Mar 01 '18 at 19:36
you should kindly enable source repositories (see update above). – N0rbert Mar 01 '18 at 20:03
It worked. I think it was probably libssl-dev what were missing, since I have read that openssl was needed for hplip to find snmp – robertspierre Mar 01 '18 at 20:35
Sorry, it still gives an error when I try to install the printer :( Checking for network connection... Downloading plug-in from: error: Plugin download failed with error code = 8 error: file does not match its checksum. File may have been corrupted or altered – robertspierre Mar 01 '18 at 20:38
We can not fix your network problems here. – N0rbert Mar 01 '18 at 20:41
It appears not to be a network problem see here. Anyway I managed to download the file manually – robertspierre Mar 01 '18 at 20:47
which printer do you own please? – pdc Mar 02 '18 at 07:31
HP LaserJet P1102 – robertspierre Mar 02 '18 at 22:01

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 25 '20 at 05:36

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hplip has multiple dependencies like libsnmp, libcups, libusb, libdbus-1. Make sure that you install all of these before running ./configure. If you have all these, the installation runs smoothly.

answered Jun 25 '20 at 05:36

Pruthwik Mishra

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