I run Ubuntu Mate 19.04 and tried to install HPLIP with no success. At the end of a very long process I got the following message:
RE-CHECKING DEPENDENCIES
error: A required dependency 'libtool (libtool - Library building support services)' is still missing.
error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency.
error: Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer
As I am not an expert on UMATE, I would like to put two questions to the community:
- does HLIP work with Ubuntu Mate 19.04? and
- how does one manually install a dependency?
Many thanks in advance.
Regarding dependencies:
Assuming the dependency is in the Ubuntu Repos:
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Ascertain the precise name of the dependency
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Open a terminal and issue the following command:
sudo apt-get install <name of dependancy>
So, presumably, in your case:
sudo apt-get install libtool
Really you have two options here:
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If your printer is not too new, then you can simply use HPLIP from MATE Welcome in Getting Started → Post Installation → Drivers → Printers:
Note: if you want, you can install it with APT by executing sudo apt-get install hplip hplip-gui.
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If your printer is new, then you have to install binary HPLIP.
You can follow my Q&A on AskUbuntu for details -
Thank you, Norbert. Some hard work but I think I succeeded.
Just thinking about something Mircea said in a post I read today, about Windows being for the consumer and Linux for the advanced user...
Congratulations for your clear and comprehensive post on AskUbuntu.
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Thanks. I have being using Ubuntu Mate for sometime but am far from defining myself as an expert. Thank you very much for your small lesson.
