[ale] trying to add a new printer

Jim Lynch ale_nospam at fayettedigital.com
Mon Dec 7 16:21:45 EST 2009


Geoffrey wrote:
> A friend is attempting to install hp print drivers from the hp website 
> and gets the following:
>
> warning: There are 1 missing REQUIRED dependencies.
> note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
> warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: libusb (libusb - USB library)
> warning: This installer cannot install 'libusb' for your distro/OS
> and/or version.
> error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency. Please
> manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.
>
> Yet, libusb is already installed.  Anyone???
>
>   
Just a wag, but strace the installation binary and see if he's looking 
for the library in the wrong place.  If so ln -s might fix it.

Jim.


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