Re: hp-plugin fails
On Fri 02 Aug 2019 at 12:36:46 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote:
>
> > > I also installed all xxqt4xx packages
> >
> > Not so good.
>
> agreed. As that solved nothing, I purged them
>
> > 'hp-plugin -i -p hplip-3.19.6-plugin.run' is the most straightforward
> > command to use to install the plugin.
> >
> > (hplip-3.19.6 is from the experimental (rc-buggy) archive. Thanks for
> > testing it. As far as hplip is concerned your machine is not, as you
> > claim, on buster).
>
> Actually, I am on buster: cat /etc/debian_version ==> 10.0
> I installed the correxponding version of hplip, which is now
> 3.18.12+dfsg0-2
> but
> hp-plugin -i -p hplip-3.18.12-plugin.run
> still gives:
> error: Unable to open /data/home/frenkiel/.hplip/hp-plugin.lock lock file.
Use the advice at
https://wiki.debian.org/PrintQueuesCUPS#hp
Omit the first and last steps in the instructions.
--
Brian.
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