HPLIP won't install on Linux Mint 18 with XFCE

[ArnettCarroll]

I'm trying to install HPLIP on a Dell Latitude D510 laptop with Linux MInt 18 with XFCE freshly installed.  Near the end of the HPLIP install I receive the following error message:

HP’s printer driver HPLIP won’t fully install:

RE-CHECKING DEPENDENCIES
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error: A required dependency ‘libtool (libtool – Library building support services)’ is still missing.
error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency.
error: Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.

How do I "manually install" this dependency and continue the HPLIP install?  The printer will print with the usb cable attached but I cannot print or scan wirelessly. The hp-setup 192.168.1.117 command won't work either....

[Dragon-Fur]

@ArnettCarroll

I can offer the following:

Whether it means anything or not, Linux Mint V18 is not listed as supported; there are listings for Linux Mint 17 - 17.3 in the Wizard.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing > Download HPLIP

Installation Wizard / Download Page

Hints about that dependency are abundant, including the following resources:

libtool installed but not found in /usr/bin

libtool installed but not on path after installation

You may have better luck tracking this on your Distro, say at the Mint forum.

Example (yours?):

Trouble installing HPLIP for HP3521 printer

Once you have installed libtool (or verified the file set exists):

• Link the file to the location where it is (apparently) missing
• Try installing as root

Good Luck.

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Thanks. 

apt-get install libtool-bin

This worked.  Now HPLIP installs fine.  Maybe the problem is in hplip-3.16.7.run.  You may want to check it...