You can quick fix it by making followng changes?
1) open /usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py file in root mode.
--> search for "utils." and remove this "utils." occurrences from this file.
2) Now run plugin command in root mode (su or sudo)
$ sudo hp-plugin or su - -c "hp-plugin"
Hi Srinivas,
HPLIP 3.12.11 package's (/usr/share/ hplip/base/ utils.py) file doesn't contains "elif utils.which( '/usr/lib/ kde4/libexec/ kdesu') :" statement.
Please let us know, is it downloaded from "http:// hplipopensource .com/hplip- web/index. html" site or HPLIP installed from repository?
You can quick fix it by making followng changes? hplip/base/ utils.py file in root mode.
1) open /usr/share/
--> search for "utils." and remove this "utils." occurrences from this file.
2) Now run plugin command in root mode (su or sudo)
$ sudo hp-plugin or su - -c "hp-plugin"
(or) hplipopensource .com/hplip- web/index. html site.
You can install hplip-3.12.11 from http://
Thanks & Regards,
Amarnath