HPLIP will not install on Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS (16.10 64-bit)

Bug #1585421 reported by Len Sorbello
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Bug Description

Didn't find HPLIP in the "Software" app so went and downloaded what I believe to be the correct version for the HP Officejet PRO 8630 to install on the Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS (16.10 64-bit). I have the config.log if there's anybody who wants it.. <email address hidden>

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Len Sorbello (djlen-ny) wrote :
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Gaurav Sood (gaurav-sood) wrote :

From the logs attached it seems that you don't have g++ (c++ compiler) installed. Just download the latest "hplip-3.16.5" from hplipopensource.com and run the following command as normal user and follow the prompts

"sh hplip-3.16.5.run"

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Len Sorbello (djlen-ny) wrote : Re: [Bug 1585421] Re: HPLIP will not install on Ubuntu Gnome 16.04 LTS (16.10 64-bit)
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It seems as though some things are still missing:
I'll paste the terminal dialog below:

len@ALIEN:~/Downloads$ sh hplip-3.16.5.run
Creating directory hplip-3.16.5
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.16.5 Self Extracting
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Gaurav Sood (gaurav-sood) wrote :

You chose custom installation. Can you try and check automatic installation if it works.

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Len Sorbello (djlen-ny) wrote :

Hi Gaurav,

I didn't see any errors this time, however, after rebooting and running
the HP Device Manager setup, it detects the printer but asks for the ppd
file; when browsing in there for the file, the ppd for my printer (HP
Officejet Pro 8630) is not there.
HP Device Manager - Setup

When I browse, I find the following;
Browse ppd files

If I browse to a pre-extracted folder in downloads
(home/downloads/hplip-3.16.5/ppd there are 2 folders in there hpcups and
hpijs. In hpcups, there is a ppd; hp-officejet_pro_8630.ppd.gz and in
hpijs there is hp-officejet_pro_8630-hpijs.ppd.gz Is one of these ok to
use? either one or is one better than the other??

Thank you for your assistance
Len

On 25/05/16 20:50, Gaurav Sood wrote:
> You chose custom installation. Can you try and check automatic
> installation if it works.
>

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Len Sorbello (djlen-ny) wrote :
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Selected the hpcups version in my downloads folder and it installed ok,
and printed the HP Printer Test Page.

I ran the Device/Diagnose HPLIP Driver and it returned the following;

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.5)
Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.5)
Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.

Checking for Deprecated items....
error: This distro (i.e ubuntu 16.10) is either deprecated or not yet
supported.
The diagnosis is limited on unsupported platforms. Do you want to
continue?(y=yes*, n=no):y

Checking for HPLIP updates....

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.16.5)
HPLIP upgrade latest version ver. 1.0

Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.

Latest version of HPLIP is already installed.

Checking for Dependencies....
warning: 12-16.10 version is not supported. Using 12-16.04 versions
dependencies to verify and install...

---------------
| SYSTEM INFO |
---------------

  Kernel: 4.4.0-23-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 16 23:04:25 UTC 2016
GNU/Linux
  Host: ALIEN
  Proc: 4.4.0-23-generic #41-Ubuntu SMP Mon May 16 23:04:25 UTC 2016
GNU/Linux
  Distribution: 12 16.10
  Bitness: 64 bit

-----------------------
| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
-----------------------

HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.16.5
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for 12
distro 16.10 version

Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.

[hplip]
version=3.16.5

[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.16.5
html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-3.16.5
icon=/usr/share/applications
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv/hp
bin=/usr/bin
apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d
# 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-drv-install=no
foomatic-ppd-install=no
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.16.5
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt4
qt3=no
qt4=yes
qt5=no
policy-kit=no
lite-build=no
udev_sysfs_rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
apparmor_build=yes

Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such...

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Gaurav Sood (gaurav-sood) wrote :

Please use the hpcups one

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Mark Preston (emarkpreston) wrote :

This is Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Printer is HP MPS227-fdw. All A-OK, when scanner fails and hp device manager "insists" on update. That breaks all. Several hours later I can neither print nor scan.

Running hp-check -t shows NO problems. Running lsusb in terminal does not see printer. From: https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/KnowledgeBase/Troubleshooting/TroubleshootPrinting

says uses YAST to install QT5. This is Ubuntu no YAST available.

https://developers.hp.com/node/4086 -- this page shows dependencies, give no way to find them in convenient way to install them.

Full install log file attached.

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