Activity log for bug #1744587

Date Who What changed Old value New value Message
2018-01-21 18:33:12 Edward Flanigan bug added bug
2018-01-21 18:35:40 Edward Flanigan description https://askubuntu.com/questions/990970/how-to-install-hplip-3-17-11-under-ubuntu-17-10-for-hp-officejet-pro-8720 I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 According to the release notes https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/release_notes I need hplip 3.17.11. I've tried installing from the shell installer with the following: error: Configure failed with error: libnetsnmp not found When I do the following: sudo apt-get install libsnmp-dev I get libsnmp-dev is already the newest version (5.7.3+dfsg-1.7ubuntu1) And apt is an older version apt-cache policy hplip hplip: Installed: 3.17.7+repack0-3 Candidate: 3.17.7+repack0-3 Version table: *** 3.17.7+repack0-3 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Anyone have any ideas on how I can install and/or debug this? https://askubuntu.com/questions/990970/how-to-install-hplip-3-17-11-under-ubuntu-17-10-for-hp-officejet-pro-8720 I'm using Ubuntu 17.10 According to the release notes https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/release_notes I need hplip 3.17.11. When I install hplip from using apt-get I get the following error when I execute hp-check: The error is the following (distro not supported) File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 475, in init self.distro_name = self.distros_index[self.distro] I've tried installing from the shell installer with the following: error: Configure failed with error: libnetsnmp not found When I do the following: sudo apt-get install libsnmp-dev I get libsnmp-dev is already the newest version (5.7.3+dfsg-1.7ubuntu1) And apt is an older version apt-cache policy hplip hplip:   Installed: 3.17.7+repack0-3   Candidate: 3.17.7+repack0-3   Version table:  *** 3.17.7+repack0-3 500       500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu artful/main amd64 Packages       100 /var/lib/dpkg/status Anyone have any ideas on how I can install and/or debug this?
2018-01-21 20:21:19 Ubuntu Foundations Team Bug Bot tags bot-comment
2018-01-22 08:01:49 Paul White affects ubuntu hplip (Ubuntu)
2018-01-23 15:39:28 Till Kamppeter bug task added hplip
2018-02-01 10:23:03 Afshan F hplip: assignee Afshan F (afshan)
2018-02-01 10:23:24 Afshan F hplip: status New In Progress