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Re: hp-plugin fails



On Thu 01 Aug 2019 at 15:38:04 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:

> hi,
> 
> when I run hp-plugin on my laptop (debian/stretch), it says
>    driver plugin for HPLIP 3.16.11 already installed ...
>    (the hplip package version is 3.16.11)
> 
> if I do that on my desktop (debian/buster), I get:
>    error: Unable to open /data/home/frenkiel/.hplip/hp-plugin.lock lock file.
>    (the hplip package version is 3.18.12)
> 
> sudo hp-plugin gives:
>    warning: It is not recommended to run 'hp-plugin' in a root mode.
> 
> 
> googling didn't give me any useful information...
> 
> I tried also:
>    hp-diagnose_plugin
>     which gives: failed to install plugin
> 
>    sudo hp-diagnose_plugin ==>
>       warning: It is not recommended to run 'hp-plugin' in a root mode.
>       Checking for network connection...
>       Downloading plug-in from:
>       Downloading plug-in: [\
>    but the download runs forever, with 0% downloaded
> 
> Can anybody suggest a fix?

The plugin can be downloaded from

  https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/

and installed with the -p option of hp-plugin.

-- 
Brian.


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