Trying to Install HP Envy 4500 Driver from Tarball

[rbeltz48]

I followed all the steps here (http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/in ... kware.html) and everything ran smoothly until I got to Step 6: Run Make Install: su -c "make install" . I put in the password I installed Salix 14.1 32-bit MATE with and authentication failed. What am I doing wrong? Thanks.

[westms]

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[laprjns]

Starting with Salix 14.1, root users is no longer enabled. Use sudo instead;

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$ sudo make install 

But according to this, http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/mo ... eries.html, the HP Envy 4500 is supported in hplip since version 3.13.6. Salix 14.1 has version 3.15.11 in the repo's, and in fact it should be installed by default.

[Zt291245]

Hi:

You can set up a root account in Salix using the terminal. This worked for me.-

Open the terminal and type:

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sudo passwd root

Enter the password that you created when you installed Salix OS. This is the password that you choose during your full installation.
Than enter the new password that you want to be your root password.
Confirm your root password by typing it in one more time and hit Enter.

Your root password is now set and you can use slapt-get via command line if you'd like.-

laprjns is right-
Package hplip 3.16.7-x86_64 lgv was installed by default when I performed my fresh installation yesterday.

The Sourcery SlackBuild Mgr has a hplip 3.16.5 plugin if you need it.