Bug#925222: hplip: hp-plugin doesn't work (hp-diagnose_plugin[4665]: error: Failed to install Plug-in)
On Tue 26 Mar 2019 at 08:03:26 +0100, Mari Donkers wrote:
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> * Reproducing
>
> If hplip 3.18.12 works fine at your system I don't know how to reproduce
> the problem. I do have sudo installed and my account added to the sudo
> group to enable. But when hplip asks for a password it has 'root'
> already filled in for the username (grayed out so it cannot be changed)
> so I typed my root password in the dialog window.
When you installed Debian did you choose not to create a root account
and instead went for sudo rights?
I think 'sudo hp-plugin -i' should install the plugin, as should the
method in the link given. Both can be tested on your present system
without damaging it.
Regards,
Brian.
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