Unable to install hplip3.20.8 et subs
I need to replace printer: HP OfficeJet 6950
Newer printers require HPLIP later than 3.20.6
Unable to install hplip-3.23.8 Have also tried hplip-3.22.10 hplip-3.21.12 and hplip-3.20.11
All fail with "make". Preceding step "make-clean" is OK
Hardware is Dell Inspiron 530 with 2GiB RAM.
SATA IDE mode limits kernel to 4.4.0 and hence running Xubuntu 16.04 with Ubuntu PRO
Failure to read /etc/cups/
Owner root R/W Group lp R-only Others None
by hplip installer
Any help would be appreciated
tks
jg
Output from hp-check follows ...
jg@jg-Inspiron5
Saving output in log file: /home/jg/
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.6)
Dependency/Version Check Utility ver. 15.1
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.
Note: hp-check can be run in three modes:
1. Compile-time check mode (-c or --compile): Use this mode before compiling the HPLIP supplied tarball (.tar.gz or .run) to
determine if the proper dependencies are installed to successfully compile HPLIP.
2. Run-time check mode (-r or --run): Use this mode to determine if a distro supplied package (.deb, .rpm, etc) or an already
built HPLIP supplied tarball has the proper dependencies installed to successfully run.
3. Both compile- and run-time check mode (-b or --both) (Default): This mode will check both of the above cases (both compile-
and run-time dependencies).
Check types:
a. EXTERNALDEP - External Dependencies
b. GENERALDEP - General Dependencies (required both at compile and run time)
c. COMPILEDEP - Compile time Dependencies
d. [All are run-time checks]
PYEXT SCANCONF QUEUES PERMISSION
Status Types:
OK
MISSING - Missing Dependency or Permission or Plug-in
INCOMPAT - Incompatible dependency-version or Plugin-version
---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------
Kernel: 4.4.0-251-generic #285-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 2 23:04:19 UTC 2024 GNU/Linux
Host: jg-Inspiron530
Proc: 4.4.0-251-generic #285-Ubuntu SMP Fri Feb 2 23:04:19 UTC 2024 GNU/Linux
Distribution: 12 16.04
Bitness: 64 bit
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| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
-------
HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.20.6
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is supported for ubuntu distro 16.04 version
Current contents of '/etc/hp/
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.20.6
[dirs]
home=/usr/
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/
ppdbase=
doc=/usr/
html=/usr/
icon=/usr/
cupsbackend=
cupsfilter=
drv=/usr/
bin=/usr/bin
apparmor=
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
libusb01-build=no
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=no
foomatic-
foomatic-
foomatic-
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.20.6
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
qt5=no
policy-kit=no
lite-build=no
udev_sysfs_rules=no
hpcups-
hpijs-only-build=no
apparmor_build=yes
class-driver=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/
Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such file or directory
Current contents of '~/.hplip/
[installation]
date_time = 23/02/24 17:10:02
version = 3.20.6
[upgrade]
notify_upgrade = true
last_upgraded_time = 1708707874
pending_
[last_used]
device_uri = hp:/net/
<Package-name> <Package-Desc> <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status> <Comment>
--------------
| COMPILEDEP |
--------------
gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 5.4.0 OK -
make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.1 OK -
libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.6 OK -
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| General Dependencies |
-------
libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 1.0.2 OK -
python-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.1.0 OK -
libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.7.3 OK -
sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - 1.0.32 OK -
pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 6.2.2 OK -
pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 REQUIRED 4.0 4.11.4 OK -
libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - 2.23 OK -
python-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 2.7.12 OK -
cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - 2.1.3 OK -
python-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.2.0 OK -
cups-ddk CUPS DDK - CUPS driver development kit OPTIONAL - - OK -
reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 3.3.0 OK -
pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 4.11.4 OK -
libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK -
cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - 2.1.3 OK -
python2X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 2.7.12 OK -
python-notify Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK -
libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK -
sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - 1.0.32 OK -
-------
| Scan Configuration |
-------
scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.6 OK -
hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.20.6 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.
-------
| External Dependencies |
-------
gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 9.26 OK -
scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.0.32 OK -
cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 2.1.3 OK 'CUPS Scheduler is running'
network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.17.1 OK -
policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - 0.105 OK -
xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 0.999 OK -
dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.10.6 OK -
avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.6.32 OK -
-------
| Python Extentions |
-------
hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.6 OK -
cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.20.6 OK -
-------
| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |
-------
device `hpaio:
-------
| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
-------
No devices found.
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| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
-------
OfficeJet_6950
--------------
Type: Printer
Device URI: hp:/net/
PPD: /etc/cups/
warning: Failed to read /etc/cups/
PPD Description:
Printer ready to printr OfficeJet_6950 is idle. enabled since Fri 23 Feb 2024 14:04:16 GMT
Communication status: Good
OfficeJet_6950_fax
------------------
Type: Fax
Device URI: hpfax:/
PPD: /etc/cups/
PPD Description: HP Fax4 hpcups
Printer File "/usr/lib/
Communication status: Good
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| PERMISSION |
--------------
No errors or warnings.
Done.
jg@jg-Inspiron5
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