On Wednesday 03 Oct 2007, John Hosszu wrote: > To uninstall, just open a terminal window and change dirs to where your > install directory is now. Inside that directory as root... > > # make uninstall > # make clean > # rm -rf /usr/share/hplip > OK - I was in /opt/hplip instead of /opt/hplip/hplip-2.7.9 > > that should get it all out so you can start again. > The install ran without any error messages. I can now scan. Unfortunately I still can't print. All jobs show up in localhost:631 as 'stopped'. Attempting to print a scanned image from Gimp shows the correct printer recognised, but I get the message
lp: The printer or class was not found What next? Thanks Anne > jh > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Wednesday 03 Oct 2007, Hosszu, John wrote: > >>> I already have it in my /home/anne/Downloads directory. > >>> > >>> I did that, when I installed it before. It put everything in the > >>> Download directory. Is that really the best place, or should I move > >>> the file to /opt/? > >> > >> This is fine. IF you want to be able to uninstall after this just keep > >> those files around anywhere you can remember. > >> > >>> I went through without any errors, IIRC, so it should do again. I'll > >>> do > >>> > >>>> the actual instal in the morning, though. Working late in the evening > >>> > >>> seems to make me have too many PEBCAKs :-) > >> > >> No problem, whenever you get time. > >> > >>> It's the Photosmart C7180 All-in-One. > >> > >> The C7100 series ppd file is what you need. > >> > >>> I'll report back in the morning. These time-zones are a nuisance :-) > >> > >> Again no problem. Its about 1:15pm here where I am as of sending this. > >> So whenever is good for you. > >> > >> Thanks > > > > Couldn't resist it :-) > > > > All went well, although I had to run as root because I moved the > > run file to /opt/. When it finished I could scan, but not print. > > > > I knew I shouldn't have done it at this time of night :-) I decided that > > I should remove all the printer queues from localhost:631 then run the > > install. I got > > > > warning: A previous install of HPLIP is installed and/or running. > > error: The previously installed version of HPLIP may conflict with the > > new one being installed. > > error: It is recommended that you quit this installer, and manually > > remove HPLIP before continuing. > > > > So I tried > > > > make uninstall > > make: *** No rule to make target `uninstall'. Stop. > > > > This time I will definitely leave it until morning. Question is, though, > > what do I do now? > > > > It looks as though my attempts to help myself have just dug me in deeper > > :-( > > > > Anne > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/
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