I need Help Installing My HP309a Printer

I am trying to install my printer driver for my 309a HP printer, so that it will be capable of using the duplex mode. I have tried to install this before, but I have ran into many issues.

The instructions for installing this printer is here:
http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/in ... index.html

I have gone with the Ubuntu 12.04 because Zorin is built on or with Ubuntu and thus is not on the list of operating systems.

computer@computer-DG965OT:~$ cd Desktop
computer@computer-DG965OT:~/Desktop$ sh hplip-3.13.5.run
Creating directory hplip-3.13.5
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.13.5 Self Extracting Archive................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.13.5)
HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1

Copyright (c) 2001-13 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Sat-01-Jun-2013_22:15:23.log

warning: zorin distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES
\
note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.
error: Auto installation is not supported for 'unknown' distro so all dependencies may not be installed.
Please install manually as mentioned in 'http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/index.html' web-site

Press 'y' to continue auto installation. Press 'n' to quit auto instalation(y=yes, n=no*): y


INSTALLATION MODE
-----------------
Automatic mode will install the full HPLIP solution with the most common options.
Custom mode allows you to choose installation options to fit specific requirements.

Please choose the installation mode (a=automatic*, c=custom, q=quit) : a

Initializing. Please wait...


INTRODUCTION
------------
This installer will install HPLIP version 3.13.5 on your computer.
Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept, Synaptic, Up2date, etc).


DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION
----------------------


DISTRO/OS SELECTION
-------------------

Choose the name of the distro/OS that most closely matches your system:

Num. Distro/OS Name
---- ------------------------
0 Mepis
1 Debian
2 SUSE Linux
3 Mandriva Linux
4 Fedora
5 Red Hat
6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 Ubuntu
8 PCLinuxOS
9 Linux Mint
10 gOS
11 Linpus Linux
12 IGOS
13 Boss
14 Linux From Scratch

Enter number 0...14 (q=quit) ?7

Choose the version of "Ubuntu" that most closely matches your system:

Num. Distro/OS Version
---- ----------------------------------------
0 Unknown or not listed
1 10.04 ("Lucid", Released 2010)
2 11.10 ("Oneiric", Released 13/10/2011)
3 12.04 ("Precise", Released 28/04/2012)
4 12.10 ("Precise", Released 28/04/2012)
5 13.04 ("Precise", Released 28/04/2012)

Enter number 0...5 (q=quit) ?3

Distro set to: Ubuntu 12.04


ENTER ROOT/SUPERUSER PASSWORD
-----------------------------
Please enter the root/superuser password:
error: Password incorrect. 2 attempt(s) left.
Please enter the root/superuser password:
error: Password incorrect. 1 attempt(s) left.
Please enter the root/superuser password:
error: Password incorrect.
error: 3 incorrect attempts. (or) Insufficient permissions(i.e. try with sudo user).
Exiting.
computer@computer-DG965OT:~/Desktop$ sudo hplip-3.13.5run
[sudo] password for computer:
sudo: hplip-3.13.5run: command not found
computer@computer-DG965OT:~/Desktop$ sudo hlplip-3.13.5.run
sudo: hlplip-3.13.5.run: command not found
computer@computer-DG965OT:~/Desktop$ sudo hplip-3.13.5.run
sudo: hplip-3.13.5.run: command not found
computer@computer-DG965OT:~/Desktop$ sudo sh hplip-3.13.run
sh: 0: Can't open hplip-3.13.run
computer@computer-DG965OT:~/Desktop$ sudo sh hplip-3.13.5.run
Creating directory hplip-3.13.5
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.13.5 Self Extracting Archive................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
warning: hplip-install should not be run as root.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.13.5)
HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1

Copyright (c) 2001-13 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.

Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Sat-01-Jun-2013_22:23:12.log

warning: zorin distro is not found in AUTH_TYPES
\error: You are running the installer as root. It is highly recommended that you run the installer as
error: a regular (non-root) user. Do you still wish to continue?
Continue with installation (y=yes, n=no*, q=quit) ? y

note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.
error: Auto installation is not supported for 'unknown' distro so all dependencies may not be installed.
Please install manually as mentioned in 'http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/index.html' web-site

Press 'y' to continue auto installation. Press 'n' to quit auto instalation(y=yes, n=no*): y


INSTALLATION MODE
-----------------
Automatic mode will install the full HPLIP solution with the most common options.
Custom mode allows you to choose installation options to fit specific requirements.

Please choose the installation mode (a=automatic*, c=custom, q=quit) : a

Initializing. Please wait...


INTRODUCTION
------------
This installer will install HPLIP version 3.13.5 on your computer.
Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept, Synaptic, Up2date, etc).


DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION
----------------------


DISTRO/OS SELECTION
-------------------

Choose the name of the distro/OS that most closely matches your system:

Num. Distro/OS Name
---- ------------------------
0 Mepis
1 Debian
2 SUSE Linux
3 Mandriva Linux
4 Fedora
5 Red Hat
6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux
7 Ubuntu
8 PCLinuxOS
9 Linux Mint
10 gOS
11 Linpus Linux
12 IGOS
13 Boss
14 Linux From Scratch

Enter number 0...14 (q=quit) ?7

Choose the version of "Ubuntu" that most closely matches your system:

Num. Distro/OS Version
---- ----------------------------------------
0 Unknown or not listed
1 10.04 ("Lucid", Released 2010)
2 11.10 ("Oneiric", Released 13/10/2011)
3 12.04 ("Precise", Released 28/04/2012)
4 12.10 ("Precise", Released 28/04/2012)
5 13.04 ("Precise", Released 28/04/2012)

Enter number 0...5 (q=quit) ?3

Distro set to: Ubuntu 12.04


RUNNING PRE-INSTALL COMMANDS
----------------------------
OK


INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
-------------------------------------
warning: There are 7 missing REQUIRED dependencies.
note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: gcc (gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler)
warning: This installer cannot install 'gcc' for your distro/OS and/or version.
error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency. Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.
computer@computer-DG965OT:~/Desktop$

Hi,

firstly, update your system fully per this guide:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Secondly, install the package (after finishing updates!) "hplip-gui" and make sure your printer is connected and powered up.

Open the app "HPLIP-Toolbox" which you will find under Systems Tools > Preferences and start the app, it will guide you though the set-up process, there are a couple of similar icons so watch out for that!!.

If you are still getting a message about missing dependencies, look for them here:

http://pkgs.org/

and download them and install them to your system.

Let us know how you get on.











Regards Wolfman

The error states you are missing 7 required dependencies.

but the only one it list is gcc
you can install that by running
"sudo apt-get install gcc"
and if I had to guess here are some of the other that it might need.
"sudo make install gcc make g++"
I don't know what else

Linx wrote:The error states you are missing 7 required dependencies.

but the only one it list is gcc
you can install that by running
"sudo apt-get install gcc"
and if I had to guess here are some of the other that it might need.
"sudo make install gcc make g++"
I don't know what else

It also states it cannot be installed to this OS!

Which suggests madvinegars howto temporarily change the LSB from Zorin to Ubuntu!

Swarfendor437 wrote:It also states it cannot be installed to this OS!

Which suggests madvinegars howto temporarily change the LSB from Zorin to Ubuntu!

Per the log it seems to have been allowing him to install it he just had to manually select Ubuntu.

One quick note to the above.
In screenshot no2 of Wolfman, there is a button saying "Advanced options".
In case you cannot find your network printer automatically for whatever reason, open advanced options and set manually the IP of the printer. It will find it immediately.