i have ubuntu 20.04 and my hp 6520 printer does not work
Downloads sh hplip-3.20.9.run
Creating directory hplip-3.20.9
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.20.9 Self Extracting Archive.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.9)
HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1
Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
Installer log saved in: hplip-install_
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/
os_name = platform.dist()[0]
AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'
During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/
text_
File "/home/
core = CoreInstall(
File "/home/
self.
File "/home/
self.
File "/home/
distro_name = get_distro_
File "/home/
import distro
ModuleNotFoundE
i cant get pass this
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| Erica Best (purplelover04) said : | #1 |
now i have this problem
➜ Downloads sh hplip-3.20.9.run
Creating directory hplip-3.20.9
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.20.9 Self Extracting Archive.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.9)
HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1
Copyright (c) 2001-18 HP Development Company, LP
This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
under certain conditions. See COPYING file for more details.
Installer log saved in: hplip-install_
\
note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.
INSTALLATION MODE
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Automatic mode will install the full HPLIP solution with the most common options.
Custom mode allows you to choose installation options to fit specific requirements.
Please choose the installation mode (a=automatic*, c=custom, q=quit) : a
INTRODUCTION
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This installer will install HPLIP version 3.20.9 on your computer.
Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept, Synaptic, Up2date, etc).
DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION
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Distro appears to be Ubuntu 20.04.
Is "Ubuntu 20.04" your correct distro/OS and version (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y
Initializing. Please wait...
ENTER USER PASSWORD
-------------------
Please enter the sudoer (erica)'s password:
INSTALLATION NOTES
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Enable the universe/multiverse repositories. Also be sure you are using the Ubuntu "Main" Repositories. See: https:/
Please read the installation notes. Press <enter> to continue or 'q' to quit:
SECURITY PACKAGES
-----------------
AppArmor is installed.
AppArmor protects the application from external intrusion attempts making the application secure
Would you like to have this installer install the hplip specific policy/profile (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y
RUNNING PRE-INSTALL COMMANDS
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OK
RUNNING HPLIP LIBS REMOVE COMMANDS
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sudo apt-get remove libhpmud0 libsane-hpaio
sudo apt-get remove libhpmud0 libsane-hpaio ( hp_libs_remove step 1)
OK
MISSING DEPENDENCIES
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Following dependencies are not installed. HPLIP will not work if all REQUIRED dependencies are not installed and some of the HPLIP features will not work if OPTIONAL dependencies are not installed.
Package-Name Component Required/Optional
python3-notify2 gui_qt5 OPTIONAL
python3-pyqt5-dbus gui_qt5 OPTIONAL
python3-pyqt5 gui_qt5 REQUIRED
python3-dbus fax REQUIRED
python3-pil scan OPTIONAL
python3-reportlab fax OPTIONAL
Do you want to install these missing dependencies (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y
INSTALL MISSING REQUIRED DEPENDENCIES
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note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: python3-pyqt5 (PyQt 5- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x))
warning: Missing REQUIRED dependency: python3-dbus (Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus)
INSTALL MISSING OPTIONAL DEPENDENCIES
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note: Installation of dependencies requires an active internet connection.
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'gui_qt5': python3-notify2 (Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications)
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'gui_qt5': python3-pyqt5-dbus (PyQt 5 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt5)
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'fax': python3-reportlab (Reportlab - PDF library for Python)
warning: Missing OPTIONAL dependency for option 'scan': python3-pil (PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan))
A package manager '/usr/bin/python3 /usr/bin/
| shivani mandora (shivani1708) said : | #2 |
select "f=force" option to quit the running manager.
And continue installation
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