I am trying to install HPLIP 3.9.6b onto my MEPIS 8 system. I just bought a new HP Officejet j6480 All-In-One.

I am using the following website as a guide:

http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web...ros/mepis.html

Look at Step 4.

As both root and regular user, I input this into console:

./configure --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/HP --prefix=/usr --enable-qt4 --enable-doc-build --enable-cups-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-drv-install --disable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-hpijs-install --disable-policykit --disable-cups-drv-install --enable-hpcups-install --enable-network-build --enable-dbus-build --enable-scan-build --enable-fax-build

As both root and regular user, I received this from console:

bash: ./configure: No such file or directory

Why am I getting that message and what can I do?

I am stuck.

I appreciate your help.

I can't tell you why you don't seem to have it, but it's what it sounds like - only it has to do with compiling programs from source. You run ./configure in the directory the source is in, then make and optionally make check, and then make install ... normally.
The only thing I could tell you is make sure you're in the right directory.

Did you do this bit first:
It won't work unless you are inside the new directory. Make sure you run ./configure and make as your user and make install as your root account.

Normally, it's done how they have it on their site ... you don't do anything as root or using su or sudo (as far as ./configure, make, make install) except the make install. I have lag, or something ... I didn't see XavierP's post until I wrote this one ...

I tried changing my directory as described in Step 3, but ran into problems.

I put the hplip stuff in the home of my main user account:

/home/cat2007/hplip-3.9.6b

Then I tried to cd:

cat2007@mepis1:~$ cd ~/home/cat2007/hplip-3.9.6b

But received this:

bash: cd: /home/cat2007/home/cat2007/hplip-3.9.6b: No such file or directory

Please note I already "unziped" the file via Konquer, not console.

What am I dong incorrectly?

You're inside your homedir already. Do 'cd hplip-3.9.6b', no need to enter full path.
PS: why you need to compile it, there's no hplip in Mepis' repos?

That is your mistake! The symbol "~" is an abbreviaton for the home directory of the current user. Since cat2007 appears to be the current user in your example, then you have tried to cd into which, of course, doesn't exist.
You need to do this: or this:
but definitely not both.
cheers,
jdk

Hi -

Please do this and post back the results:
Good luck .. PSM

PS:
I use SimplyMepis myself. The folks on the Mepis forum (like those on LQ) are friendly and helpful. Feel free to call out to them for help, too, if you need it.

I was just thinking that since their site says EXAMPLE: and gives that directory, that maybe the directory just had a different name and you overlooked the message saying that the directory doesn't exist ... you should autocomplete it with tab.

The reason I am compiling it: The hplip included just isn't working. The MEPIS 8 repo has the proper version but I keep getting strange messages. So, I decided to compile, hoping doing so will solve the problem.

I will try these suggestions and post results.

Thanks all!

paulsm4, et al.

I completed steps 1-3 you listed. Step 4 has me stuck. I did the ./config as you said. Lots of stuff displayed on the console but the last line was an error message regarding libjpeg. I went into synaptic and downloaded it. Then I did the ./config a 2nd time. I received a different error message:

configure: error: cannot find net-snmp support (or --disable-network-build)

Again, I went to synaptic to download "snmp" and found a bunch of stuff:

http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/7356/snmp.jpg

Question #1: Which of those "snmp" do I download?

Question #2: I have now twice done the ./config only to run into an error somewhere. Does this mean I now have an incomplete install which could cause trouble, or a bunch of duplicate packages I will need to sort through, trim, etc? In other words, did I just make more work for myself?

Thanks again!

I would download **libnet-snmp-perl or libsnmp-dev**<-EDITED
You didn't make more work for yourself ... it happens. You have to have everything you need to configure and compile and install it, that's all.
If you install it, that means you have what you need. Unless you're looking to run make test, or something along those lines for tests ...
Someone else would know more, though ... it's possible that you wouldn't have some optional things. I've read that depending on how you configure and everything, that it will leave out some optional things, but usually what you need to install you either have or you don't and the optional things are features that aren't normally included when you download and install from a repository or anything along those lines - that is, it isn't something you'd normally have, anyways.
I just added the libnet-snmp-perl because it says no net-snmp support.

Unless you need to print over the network, I would add to your ./configure line. That would seem to only be needed for network printing.

XavierP,

Forgive the noobness, but what do you mean by "print over the network"?

My current setup: XP / Linux dual boot, though I eventually want it to just be Linux with a guest virtual XP.

Based upon that data, do you still suggest I add that code to the ./config?

I also wanted to add that the only time I've ever gotten clamav to work without spewing a bunch of messages was compiling it from source. Every time I've installed it using packages, on a few different distributions, it always threw messages at me.