Recommended installation method for newer version of HPLIP - Jessie.

devuan_dk_fan · 2018-01-30 10:07:24

What is the recommended method of installing a newer version of HPLIP on Devuan Jessie? I need to be able to get my HP DeskJet 3632 printer to work with Devuan Jessie. I have tried backports and the driver is still AWOL. With the experimental repo, I ran into a problem with the necessary HPLIP dependencies going unmet as the required dependencies were older than what apt could pull in from the experimental repo. I have also tried downloading the latest HPLIP from the HP developers site, but the script/installer doesn't recognize Devuan and when I choose "Debian" as the distro, it prompts me for the following:

11    8.0 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2015)
12    8.1 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2015)
13    8.2 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2015)
14    8.3 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2015)
15    8.4 ("Jessie", Released 04/05/2016)
16    8.5 ("Jessie", Released 27/08/2016)
17    8.6 ("Jessie", Released 22/10/2016)
18    8.7 ("Jessie", Released 22/10/2016)
19    8.8 ("Jessie", Released 31/05/2017)

and I am not sure what I should answer as I don't which release Devuan is most compatible with.

Help would be appreciated.

Geoff 42 · 2018-01-30 10:20:01

I have an HP DeskJet 3630 and I am using printer-driver-hpcups 3.14.6-1+deb8u1 and it all seems to work nicely, including scanning.
This is running under Jessie.

Geoff

Last edited by Geoff 42 (2018-01-30 10:24:05)

devuan_dk_fan · 2018-01-30 11:26:26

Geoff 42 wrote:

I have an HP DeskJet 3630 and I am using printer-driver-hpcups 3.14.6-1+deb8u1 and it all seems to work nicely, including scanning.
This is running under Jessie.

Thanks for that Geoff. Hmmm. Unfortunately, apt seems to be hungover from trying to install hplip from experimental:

$ sudo apt-get install hplip
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 hplip : Depends: libhpmud0 (= 3.14.6-1+deb8u1) but 3.16.11+repack0-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
         Depends: libsane-hpaio (= 3.14.6-1+deb8u1) but 3.16.11+repack0-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
         Depends: printer-driver-hpcups (= 3.14.6-1+deb8u1) but 3.16.11+repack0-1~bpo8+1 is to be installed
         Recommends: printer-driver-postscript-hp but it is not going to be installed
E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages.

Except that I don't:

$ dpkg -l | grep "^hi"

returns nothing. I have also tried:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -f
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get update

but apt still gives me the above unmet dependencies message.

Last edited by devuan_dk_fan (2018-01-30 11:27:09)

devuan_dk_fan · 2018-01-30 11:43:22

OK, I found the problem. I went into Synaptic and used the "mark all upgrades" command. I was told that a couple of packages needed to be downgraded. Everything works now, and I installed printer-driver-hpcups.

devuan_dk_fan · 2018-01-30 11:53:50

What model did you use when you setup your 3630? I don't see any model number that even approximates. I tried Deskjet/deskjet, but nothing prints...
----
Interesting. I went into the CUPS web interface <http://localhost:631/admin/> and was able to set up the printer without any problem, after I installed the backports version of hplip. I am using the Trinity desktop environment, and for some reason, the newer printer drivers aren't listed in the GUI setup.

Last edited by devuan_dk_fan (2018-01-30 16:08:59)

Geoff 42 · 2018-01-30 16:45:45

I don't recall doing anything clever. However, as I look around my own src directory for clues, I have spotted an HP subdirectory which contains hplip-3.16.8.

I have now spotted the HP web pages at :-
https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing
which show which versions are needed to support recent models. You can then download the latest version, if necessary.

Geoff

berghsg · 2020-01-26 19:57:17

Unfortunately I tried installing hplip-3.16.8. for Devuan Jessie 1.0.0. I need to get my HP6500A Officejet scanner to work!
I also tried hplip-3.14.8, hplip 3.17.11, hplip 3.19.12
Installation > custom
Distro/OS Name - Debian
Distro/OS Version - 8.5 ("Jessie", Released 27/08/2016)
Would you like to install Custom Discrete Drivers or Class Drivers - Discrete
Network/JetDirect I/O - Y
Graphical User Interfaces (Qt4) - Y
Scanning support - Y
(i said N to rest of options)
Would you like to have this installer install the hplip specific policy/profile? Yes
Do you want to install these missing dependencies? Yes
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libusb (libusb - USB library)
warning: This installer cannot install 'libusb' for your distro/OS and/or version.
When i try to manually install this dependency i get referred to various package names on line that i am unsure of > should i install or not > libgusb-dev.
I go to https://packages.debian.org/jessie/amd6 … 0/download > As Root: dpkg -i libusb-1.0-0_1.0.19-1_amd64.deb > cannot access archive: No such file or directory.
Synaptic Package Manager shows libusb-1.0.0. This is correct for Devuan Jessie but some how the hplip installer is looking to install another libusb for 'my distro'.
I spent hours on the internet trying to get hplip to work with my Devuan installation, but no success.
As root: apt install libusb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package libusb
Can anyone assist??

rolfie · 2020-01-26 20:09:07

libusb-1.0-0 1.0.19-1 is available in Jessie. Refer to https://pkginfo.devuan.org/. You have to specify the complete name in your apt install command.

rolfie

berghsg · 2020-01-26 20:20:14

Hi Rolfie

I managed to successfully install libusb-1.0-0_1.0.19-1_amd64.deb, It was in the Downloads folder > cd Downloads > dpkg -i libusb-1.0-0_1.0.19-1_amd64.deb. Sorry I have been over 6 hrs at this..
BUT I still have no success with hplip.

berghsg · 2020-01-28 23:15:51

Setting up for local network!
I did a fresh install of Devuan Jessie 1.0.0. It does come with hplip version 3.14.6-1+deb8u1, Kernel: 3.16.0-4-amd64

These are my steps: (no other changes were made to the OS at this time)
As Root: verify that hplip exists - via synaptic package manager OR type in terminal: apt search hplip
As Root: ping the ip address of the network device e.g. 192.168.0.XXX. If i get a reply the scanner is seen on local network.

As Root: apt-get install simple-scan
connect scanner via usb cable
open simple-scan - can the device be picked up -yes, or no? yes!

disconnect usb cable
As Root: synaptic package manager
As Root: install hplip-gui
with dependencies

As Root: sudo hp-setup
Gui window pops up: Network/Ethernet/Wireless network.....Next > Select (in my case HP Officejet 6500 .......) > Next > Add Printer

Now try simple scan again!!! (This time it sees the scanner via Network and i can scan)

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#1 2018-01-30 10:07:24

Recommended installation method for newer version of HPLIP - Jessie.

#2 2018-01-30 10:20:01

Re: Recommended installation method for newer version of HPLIP - Jessie.

#3 2018-01-30 11:26:26

Re: Recommended installation method for newer version of HPLIP - Jessie.

#4 2018-01-30 11:43:22

Re: Recommended installation method for newer version of HPLIP - Jessie.

#5 2018-01-30 11:53:50

Re: Recommended installation method for newer version of HPLIP - Jessie.

#6 2018-01-30 16:45:45

Re: Recommended installation method for newer version of HPLIP - Jessie.

#7 2020-01-26 19:57:17

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