I am using Slackware 14.1 (64-bit) and still very inexperienced.

I need to install the latest HPLIP (v. 3.14.10, available from http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/gethplip.html) so that I can properly set up my printer.

I did notice the installation instructions available here http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web...slackware.html but was wondering if that is the best way to do the install. (Can I use upgradepkg??)

PS: Slackware 14.1 comes with hplip 3.13.10, but my printer is not detected with that version. According to this link http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web..._pro_8610.html I need at least hplip v. 3.14.4.

Hello tb75252 , I install hplip using the Slackbuild from source tree.
ftp://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/slackware/s...urce/ap/hplip/

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I can spare you the hassle of building it from source. According to Murphy's Law, I often have to deal with very recent HP printers supported by HPLIP, but a more recent version than the one shipping with Slackware. This just happened a couple weeks ago, and I had to upgrade HPLIP to the next minor version bump.

After reading your post, I decided to build the latest HPLIP and put it in my MLED repo.

32-bit:

64-bit:

The repos are here:

http://www.microlinux.fr/slackware

Look in the desktop-base-14.1-$ARCH/slackware{64}/ap/ subdirectory corresponding to your architecture. Download the package and then install it:

Cheers,

Niki

PS: still uploading, you might want to wait a few minutes.

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Not sure I understand, Paulo...
The link you give sends to hplip v. 3.13.10 which is the version that is already installed on my PC. I need to install v. 3.14.10.

Wonderful news, Niki! Thank you very much for your efforts in this matter. I will take a look this evening after work and see if I can install it. I need to be root in order to install it, right?

While my background is not in IT/computer science, I installed Slackware so that I could learn a little bit about Linux. To this end, I would be interested in learning how to install software that is not available from official repositories. Would I be too demanding if I asked you to explain the steps you took in building the HPLIP package?

Regarding hplip.SlackBuild from http://www.microlinux.fr/slackware/d...urce/ap/hplip/:

There is a typo on line 54:

`eRse'

should be

`else', no?

Yes, you need to be root in order to install it.

There's a wealth of documentation about Slackware here: http://docs.slackware.com/ I suggest you read through everything. Take your time to do this.

If you understand French, I'll soon publish a thick book about Linux basics, which is based 100 % on Slackware. I'm busy writing it every day.

Cheers,

Niki

Exactly. FYI, that's the sort of typo you only get with Vim, when you split, copy, paste & sneeze at the same time.

Thanks for the help! I will definitely consult the link you gave me. It is great that you are willing to produce a book based on Slackware. There aren't too many out there.

Well, I understand a little bit of colloquial French; technical French might be a different story... I don't mean to tell you what to do but given that English is pretty much the lingua franca of the whole IT/computer science world, would it not be better to write the book in English? There is a whole army of people out there wanting to learn more about Linux and most speak/understand English better rather than French. Just my two-cent opinion... :-)

Are you planning on posting a .pdf version of the book somewhere? What is the book's title going to be? Name of the author? (Niki Novak, maybe?)

Well, English is only my third language, I live in France, and my editor (Eyrolles) is here. The book title has been subject to numerous changes and will be "Débuter avec Linux", a 500-page introduction to Linux administration based entirely on Slackware. I will publish it under my pen name "Kiki Novak" (my real name is Niki Kovacs). I think my editor is also planning an ebook edition. There have been quite many obstacles recently, like a complete change of staff at my editor's and a suggested change to an Ubuntu base, but now the book is holding a steady course.

What he meant is you can take the slackbuild that Pat has provided for Slackware and modify the version in it so it matches the one you need. Then you can just run the slackbuild with the updated source tarball and it will pump out an updated package for you. You can do this with almost all the slackbuilds (some might require dependencies to be updated, so it can be a hassle if it's a major program).

You can see more on editing slackbuilds on the howto page on slackbuilds.org or through various docs using the link that niki provided.

Only the first of the two patches is required for HPLIP 3.14.x.

True. @OP, there may be some minor tweaking needed if you ever decide to modify a slackbuild for a that it was not originally designed for. If you can find someone like Niki who can do the new build for you, it makes life that much easier

Yes, I will definitely use Niki's build and see what happens. It was very kind of him/her to do that.
I don't understand Niki's remark about using only the first of the two patches, though... What patches?? :-)

I think there's some misunderstanding. I already built the most recent HPLIP and made a Slackware package out of it. Download it, install it and use it. Nothing more to do. Check out the links in my post above.