i pinged
www.google.com, but it is redirected to
www.l.google.com automatically
i removed "lock" and launched apt-get update/upgrade
it connects and does its stuff..
now i tried to install the file hplip-2.2.7.run, but launching it with sh, as said on the installation page.
the response is, after unpacking all the files: INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES
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warning: There are 6 missing OPTIONAL dependencies.
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'network': libcrypto (libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'network': libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files)
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'fax': reportlab (Reportlab - PDF library for Python)
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency for option 'scan': sane-devel (SANE - Scanning library development files)
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'scan': pil (PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan))
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'scan': scanimage (scanimage - Shell scanning program)
CHECKING FOR NETWORK CONNECTION
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error:
The network appears to be unreachable. Installation cannot complete without access to
error: distribution repositories. Please check the network and try again.
it appears that there is no network connection...as i previously mentioned.
i don't know if it has problems in finding the libraries in particular websites or what.
still pinging whatever website
www.yahoo.com gives
PING
www.yahoo-ht3.akadns.net (209.131.36.158) 56(84) bytes of data.