HPLIP How-Tos - Uninstall HPLIP
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# Uninstall HPLIP How-To

A. If you still have the source tar ball go into the source directory--for example;

    cd ~/Desktop/hplip-2.8.4

B. Execute this command to remove/uninstall HPLIP:

    su -c "make uninstall"

or if your distro uses sudo;

    sudo make uninstall

C. Enter the following command to remove the HPLIP installed directory;

Warning

If you do not enter this command correctly you could damage your system.

    su -c "rm -rf /usr/share/hplip"

or if your distro uses sudo;

    sudo rm -rf /usr/share/hplip

D. The uninstall/removal of HPLIP is now complete. Perhaps you now want to re-install?

Page last updated: Wed Apr 2 15:18:08 2008; HPLIP Version: 2.8.4