[plug] installing hp printer - problem.

[Lee Jamieson]

Lee Jamieson wrote:
> Hiya all.  I'm trying to install my Hp 5550 printer.  I've downloaded 
> the 1.5 version of the hpijs tar.gz, rather than the 1.6 version - as 
> the 1.6 version is about 50% smaller than the 1.5 version.
> 
> I have followed the instructions for installing it, but I get an error 
> after I type in ./configure
> 
> The terminal shows this :
> 
>> [root at localhost hpijs-1.5]# ./configure
>> checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
>> checking whether build environment is sane... yes
>> checking for gawk... gawk
>> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... yes
>> checking for gcc... no
>> checking for cc... no
>> checking for cc... no
>> checking for cl... no
>> configure: error: no acceptable C compiler found in $PATH
> 
> 
> And I'm wondering if I didn't install a "C compiler" when I installed 
> Linux.
> 
> Any suggestions?
> 
> Lee
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The Printer is detected, as this shows.
> drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usbfs
> drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hub
> drivers/usb/host/uhci-hcd.c: USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver v2.1
> usb 1-1: new full speed USB device using address 2
> drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 2 if 0 alt 0 pr                         oto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004
> drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver usblp
> drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
> usb 1-2: new full speed USB device using address 3
> cdc_acm 1-2:1.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device<6>drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered ne                         w driver cdc_acm
> drivers/usb/class/cdc-acm.c: v0.23:USB Abstract Control Model driver for USB mod                         ems and ISDN adapters
> drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hiddev
> drivers/usb/core/usb.c: registered new driver hid
> drivers/usb/input/hid-core.c: v2.0:USB HID core driver


Other than that I don't know what I have done wrong.

Mandrake 10 / 2.6.6