Comment 4 for bug 829328

On installing the latest version of hplib (which I have been successfully doing with previous versions) I now get a dependency issue which I am unable to resolve.

When I use the tarred version I get as far as requiring, if I remember correctly, libtools and despite my efforts, although libtools is installed correctly clearly with Mandriva it is not right and we cannot complete the hplip installation process.
These inconsistencies of names make life very difficult.

The result is that I am using the version that is in the Mandriva repositories as of very recently.
But I shall make further effort to resolve this so that I can then apply "hp-check -t" command.
Unfortunately the two printers which exhibit the problem are on customers premises.

On Thursday next I will have an opportunity with one customer to work on this problem.

I have also posted on the qa.mandriva.com site
https://qa.mandriva.com/show_bug.cgi?id=64025

I am also wondering whether it is possible to have pre-compiled packages rather as Dell provide on their website where they provide both deb and rpm packages for some of their printers. Certainly I do wonder if this should be a feasibility on the hplip website.
I am now wondering why we cannot have pre-compiled packages rather in the way that Dell provide on their website where they provide both deb and rpm compiled packages.