HPLIP

CUPSEXT could not be loaded when running the HPLIP automatic installer

Asked by greg faught

I'm trying to install HPLIP 3.12.10a and hopefully get a driver for my HP Officejet 5610 All-In-One and when I issue command
sh hplip-3.12.10a.run I get the following output:

[hgreg@oc2701843306 Desktop]$ sh hplip-3.12.10a.run
Creating directory hplip-3.12.10a
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.12.10a Self Extracting Archive....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.12.10a)
HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1

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Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Tue-30-Oct-2012_19:38:55.log

warning: CUPSEXT could not be loaded. Please check HPLIP installation.

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Amarnath Chitumalla (amarnath-chitumalla) said : 		#1

Hi Gerg,

This fix will be available in next HPLIP release.

Meanwhile, please make following changes.

$ cd ~/Downloads/hplip-3.12.10a (assuming hplip-3.12.10a.run file is downloaded in ~/Downloads folder, change accordingly).

$ gedit installer/text_install.py

--> search for "from prnt import cups" in this file. (line no around 33)
--> change from "from prnt import cups" to "# from prnt import cups"

--> search for "cups.getSystemPPDs" in this file. (line no around 769)
--> change from "cups.getSystemPPDs" to "# cups.getSystemPPDs"

$ python ./install.py
--> this will start installation (Note:- don't run sh hplip-3.12.10a.run.. above command is equivalent to this only )

Thanks & Regards,
Amarnath

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Amarnath Chitumalla (amarnath-chitumalla) said : 		#2

Use this
$ cd ~/Desktop/hplip-3.12.10a

instead of

$ cd ~/Downloads/hplip-3.12.10a

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