Re: hplip : looking for a workaround

[Celejar <celejar@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 22 Feb 2023 17:49:13 +0100
Erwan David <erwan@rail.eu.org> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> hplip seems to need a dependency, many commands end with
> 
>    File "/usr/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 119, in __readAuthType
>      distro_name = get_distro_std_name(os_name)
>                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> NameError: name 'get_distro_std_name' is not defined. Did you mean: 
> 'get_distro_name'?
> 
> I opend a bug for a missing dependency, but do someone know of a 
> workaround ? I cannot use my scanner anymore because it needs a binary 
> plugin installed by hplip

This is your bug:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1031784

but this earlier bug discussion contains a workaround (I haven't tried
it):

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1029459

FTR, here's the upstream bug:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/2003739

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Celejar