install hplip patch

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I need help installing this. The problem is it tells me to type ./configure --prefix=/usr but it has no configure file and it cant be extracted just a .patch. Heres a how to apply a patch file but I’m a NOOB so I dont understand it. Howto apply a patch file to my Linux / UNIX source code

PLEASE NOTE - there has been a patch for the
3.9.2 release. The instructions for the patch
are below.

The items in ‘Changes’ refer to the original
3.9.2 release…not the patch.

The hplip-3.9.2-high_cpu_utilization_logout.patch file fixes the following issue.

  1. Qt4 version 3.9.2 doesn’t close from a switch user and uses high CPU.

How to apply the patch:
cd hplip-3.9.2
patch -p1 <
hplip-3.9.2-high_cpu_utilization_logout.patch
./configure --prefix=/usr
make clean
make
make install

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Are you sure you have the problem the patch is intended to solve? Don’t fix what isn’t broken.

I suggest starting a new thread asking for help with your printer, scanner or fax problem before trying the patch solution.

A patch, as used here, makes a change to source code. Source code is the C or C++ program used to write the software. A patch is used when you “install from source.” I don’t think you want to do that as a first choice.

See the Opensuse wiki article at

Compiling software - openSUSE