On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 12:15 PM, Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> I finally found instructions ...
>
> Evidently, the RPM does not work below EL 7, but (supposedly) the
> instructions below work on EL 5 and EL 6.  One does not go through this
> manual process if any of the automagic ones worked.  I will post the
> results.
>
> For anyone familiar with the referenced packages/applications below, will
> this significantly "break" anything?  Obviously, the SELinux matter below is
> a separate issue, in that the suggested change lessens security for specific
> circumstances, but this is not "breaking" anything per se.
>
> http://www.hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/manual/distros/centos.html
>
> Manual Build and Install Instructions for CentOS

The site also offers binary rpms. I just downloaded:

hplip-3.15.7_rhel-6.0.x86_64.rpm

If this one works as is, there will be no need to build from the source.

Akemi