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configure: error: cannot find libusb support ???

I am trying to install a driver for an HP 1012. I downloaded the hplip-0.9.10 driver via http://hplip.sourceforge.net/.

I run:

Code:

./configure --prefix=/usr

and it fails at

Code:

...

checking for usb_init in -lusb... no

configure: error: cannot find libusb support

any clues .. thanks

Install libusb development files?

Code:

apt-get libusb-dev

But why not use hplip binary?

Code:

apt-get install hplip

Install from source only if you need a newer version not present in your debian release.
Otherwise if it's because its not compile with the flags you need, you can:

Code:

apt-get source hplip

This will get the debian source package
to modify the flags or configuration, edit <dir_of_hplip_source_package>/debian/rules
and then rebuild, something like

Code:

debian/rules build