[CentOS] Why are hplip and hpijs always so back dated?

Styma, Robert E (Robert)

robert.styma at alcatel-lucent.com
Wed Apr 30 22:15:25 UTC 2014


My fully patched CentOS 6.5 system uses:
hplip-common-3.12.4-4.el6_4.1.i686
hpijs-3.12.4-4.el6_4.1.i686
hplip-libs-3.12.4-4.el6_4.1.i686

My wife's printer becomes supported at 3.13.somethingOrOther
and the current release is 3.14.something.

Why are we so far behind?

I realize that I can download the latest, uninstall the RPM versions
and compile and build and install the source copy.  If I was going
to follow that route, I would prefer to build an rpm and install
it normally.  I have been looking on the Internet and not found
anything to turn the release from HP into a binary RPM.
(That does not mean it is not there.)

I know it must be doable since there are rpm's in the repositories.
My skill with RPM's is somewhat limited, but does anyone know
of a set of instructions and a spec file that could be used to 
get started on this process?

Thanks in Advance

Bob, Phoenix, AZ, 



More information about the CentOS mailing list