HPLIP

Uninstall HPLIP

Asked by David Vincent-Jones

Ubuntu 8.10; printer Photosmart Pro B8850
Somewhare my HPLIP install must be a mess and I want to make sure that I have an absolutely clean reinstall.
Previously a reinstall has not solved my problems.
I would appreciate your help in finding and removing all traces of any HPLIP drivers and the Toolbox prior to the rebuild.

David

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#1

Hey David,

To uninstall hplip:

sudo rm -rf /usr/share/hplip
sudo rm -rf /etc/hp
sudo rm -rf ~/.hplip

This should totally remove HPLIP.

Aaron

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dwelch91 (dwelch91) said : 		#2

Also:

sudo rm -rf /var/lib/hp

On 3/12/09, Aaron Albright <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Question #63959 on HPLIP changed:
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> https://answers.launchpad.net/hplip/+question/63959
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> Status: Open => Answered
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> Aaron Albright proposed the following answer:
> Hey David,
>
> To uninstall hplip:
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> sudo rm -rf /usr/share/hplip
> sudo rm -rf /etc/hp
> sudo rm -rf ~/.hplip
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> This should totally remove HPLIP.
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> Aaron
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> Linux Imaging and Printing, which is an answer contact for HPLIP.
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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#3

I've updated the uninstall document.

http://hplipopensource.com/node/188

Aaron

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David Vincent-Jones (davidvj) said : 		#4

It appears that things went well with the clean-out and reinstall... However I also removed the HP Toolbox (to make sure).
Now having reinstalled separately the toolbox I cannot find its icon ... any ideas?

David

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Aaron Albright (albrigha-deactivatedaccount) said : 		#5

What icon are you talking about? The one on the applications menu? (assuming you are using gnome..)

A

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David Vincent-Jones (davidvj) said : 		#6

Yes ... the Gnome icon that allows me to view the status of inks and printer status etc.
This was normally at Applications/Accesories/HP Toolbox. ...
Applications/Add-Install shows that it is installed ... but no icon shows

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David Vincent-Jones (davidvj) said : 		#7

OK .. found "HP Device Manager" in the install folder of the current version of HPLIP and double clicking that has now put an icon onto my top bar .... totally satisfactory.
I would guess that the ' HP Toolbox' was not needed ... probably need to get rid of that.

There is still a problem of only 7 out of the 8 inks being displayed ... but that is another problem.

David