I tried the latest suggestion (full outout below) and got an error on: error: A required dependency 'libtool (libtool - Library building support services)' is still missing. But the package is available and installed: nessita@miro:~$ apt-cache policy libtool libtool: Installed: 2.4.2-1.11 Candidate: 2.4.2-1.11 Version table: *** 2.4.2-1.11 0 500 http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ vivid/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Full output: nessita@miro:~$ ls -l hplip-3.15.2.run -rw-rw-r-- 1 nessita nessita 21804469 Mar 11 13:05 hplip-3.15.2.run nessita@miro:~$ md5sum hplip-3.15.2.run 87307b116e58339337a7675c71e07bc1 hplip-3.15.2.run nessita@miro:~$ sh hplip-3.15.2.run Creating directory hplip-3.15.2nessita@miro:~$ ls -l hplip-3.15.2.run -rw-rw-r-- 1 nessita nessita 21804469 Mar 11 13:05 hplip-3.15.2.run nessita@miro:~$ md5sum hplip-3.15.2.run 87307b116e58339337a7675c71e07bc1 hplip-3.15.2.run nessita@miro:~$ sh hplip-3.15.2.run Creating directory hplip-3.15.2 Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing HPLIP 3.15.2 Self Extracting Archive............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.15.2) HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1 Copyright (c) 2001-15 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_Wed-11-Mar-2015_13:05:24.log \ note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press to accept the default. error: ubuntu-15.04 version is not supported, so all dependencies may not be installed. However trying to install using ubuntu-14.10 version packages. 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) : Initializing. Please wait... INTRODUCTION ------------ This installer will install HPLIP version 3.15.2 on your computer. Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept, Synaptic, Up2date, etc). DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION ---------------------- Distro appears to be Ubuntu 15.04. Is "Ubuntu 15.04" your correct distro/OS and version (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? ENTER USER PASSWORD ------------------- Please enter the sudoer (nessita)'s password: INSTALLATION NOTES ------------------ Enable the universe/multiverse repositories. Also be sure you are using the Ubuntu "Main" Repositories. See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu for more information. Disable the CD-ROM/DVD source if you do not have the Ubuntu installation media inserted in the drive. Please read the installation notes. Press to continue or 'q' to quit: 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: libusb (libusb - USB library) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libtool (libtool - Library building support services) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: cups-image (CUPS image - CUPS image development files) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: cups-devel (CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: sane-devel (SANE - Scanning library development files) INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES ------------------------------------- warning: There are 3 missing OPTIONAL dependencies. note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection. warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'base': cups-ddk (CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit) warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'fax': reportlab (Reportlab - PDF library for Python) warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'scan': xsane (xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE) CHECKING FOR NETWORK CONNECTION ------------------------------- Network connection present. RUNNING PRE-PACKAGE COMMANDS ---------------------------- sudo dpkg --configure -a (Pre-depend step 1) sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes -f (Pre-depend step 2) sudo apt-get update (Pre-depend step 3) OK DEPENDENCY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION ---------------------------------- Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libusb-1.0.0-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libtool' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libjpeg-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcups2-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes cups-bsd' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes cups-client' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libsnmp-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes snmp-mibs-downloader' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libsane-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes cups' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes python-reportlab' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes gtk2-engines-pixbuf' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes xsane' Please wait, this may take several minutes... error: A required dependency 'libtool (libtool - Library building support services)' is still missing. RUNNING POST-PACKAGE COMMANDS ----------------------------- OK 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. nessita@miro:~$ Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing HPLIP 3.15.2 Self Extracting Archive............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.15.2) HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1 Copyright (c) 2001-15 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_Wed-11-Mar-2015_13:05:24.log \ note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press to accept the default. error: ubuntu-15.04 version is not supported, so all dependencies may not be installed. However trying to install using ubuntu-14.10 version packages. 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) : Initializing. Please wait... INTRODUCTION ------------ This installer will install HPLIP version 3.15.2 on your computer. Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept, Synaptic, Up2date, etc). DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION ---------------------- Distro appears to be Ubuntu 15.04. Is "Ubuntu 15.04" your correct distro/OS and version (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? ENTER USER PASSWORD ------------------- Please enter the sudoer (nessita)'s password: INSTALLATION NOTES ------------------ Enable the universe/multiverse repositories. Also be sure you are using the Ubuntu "Main" Repositories. See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu for more information. Disable the CD-ROM/DVD source if you do not have the Ubuntu installation media inserted in the drive. Please read the installation notes. Press to continue or 'q' to quit: 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: libusb (libusb - USB library) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libtool (libtool - Library building support services) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: cups-image (CUPS image - CUPS image development files) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libjpeg (libjpeg - JPEG library) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: cups-devel (CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libnetsnmp-devel (libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files) warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: sane-devel (SANE - Scanning library development files) INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES ------------------------------------- warning: There are 3 missing OPTIONAL dependencies. note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection. warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'base': cups-ddk (CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit) warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'fax': reportlab (Reportlab - PDF library for Python) warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'scan': xsane (xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE) CHECKING FOR NETWORK CONNECTION ------------------------------- Network connection present. RUNNING PRE-PACKAGE COMMANDS ---------------------------- sudo dpkg --configure -a (Pre-depend step 1) sudo apt-get install --yes --force-yes -f (Pre-depend step 2) sudo apt-get update (Pre-depend step 3) OK DEPENDENCY AND CONFLICT RESOLUTION ---------------------------------- Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libusb-1.0.0-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libtool' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcupsimage2-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libjpeg-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libcups2-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes cups-bsd' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes cups-client' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libsnmp-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes snmp-mibs-downloader' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libsane-dev' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes cups' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes python-reportlab' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes gtk2-engines-pixbuf' Please wait, this may take several minutes... Running 'sudo apt-get install --assume-yes xsane' Please wait, this may take several minutes... error: A required dependency 'libtool (libtool - Library building support services)' is still missing. RUNNING POST-PACKAGE COMMANDS ----------------------------- OK 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. nessita@miro:~$