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Home > Installation > Manual Install > Make Install

Make Install

Install HPLIP

This step will install HPLIP.

Note: You will need to run 'make install' as root or with root access.

If your distro uses 'su' follow these steps:

su

make install

If your distro uses 'sudo' follow these steps:

sudo make install

If you don't know which su/sudo to use or what the difference is--please refer to your distro documentation.

Once the Install is Completed

After make install is completed you will need to restart hplip and cups to ensure that the proper daemons are running.

Note: Some distros use 'cups' while others use 'cupsys' if you get an error running '/etc/init.d/cupsys' restart try running '/etc/init.d/cups restart' or check your distro documentation and/or other resources for specific information.

If your distro uses 'su' follow these steps:

su

/etc/init.d/cupsys restart

/etc/init.d/hplip restart

If your distro uses 'sudo' follow these steps:

sudo /etc/init.d/cupsys restart

sudo /etc/init.d/hplip restart

If you don't know which su/sudo to use or what the difference is--please refer to your distro documentation.

Next

Continue to hp-setup


Page last updated: Wed Mar 28 14:23:06 2007; HPLIP Version: 1.7.4a

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