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Home > Installation > Step 1 > RPM

Installation - Step 1 - RPM

  1. Open a console/terminal window.
  2. Follow these steps to log in as the super user:
  3. Enter this command:
su
  1. Press Enter.
  2. Enter the root password.
  3. Enter this command:
rpm -qa | grep hplip
  1. Enter exit then press Enter. This will exit from the root user login.

Note: The expected result for the above commands is usually something like this: hplip-0.8.8-10

If nothing is displayed, HPLIP is not installed.

If HPLIP is installed follow the steps under Step 4: Setup your printer, if HPLIP is not installed follow the steps under Step 2: Set up the Linux environment.

Proceed to step 2.


Page last updated: Wed Jun 28 15:56:39 2006; HPLIP Version: 2.7.12

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