On Thu 01 Aug 2019 at 15:38:04 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > hi, > > when I run hp-plugin on my laptop (debian/stretch), it says > driver plugin for HPLIP 3.16.11 already installed ... > (the hplip package version is 3.16.11) > > if I do that on my desktop (debian/buster), I get: > error: Unable to open /data/home/frenkiel/.hplip/hp-plugin.lock lock file. > (the hplip package version is 3.18.12) > > sudo hp-plugin gives: > warning: It is not recommended to run 'hp-plugin' in a root mode. > > > googling didn't give me any useful information... > > I tried also: > hp-diagnose_plugin > which gives: failed to install plugin > > sudo hp-diagnose_plugin ==> > warning: It is not recommended to run 'hp-plugin' in a root mode. > Checking for network connection... > Downloading plug-in from: > Downloading plug-in: [\ > but the download runs forever, with 0% downloaded > > Can anybody suggest a fix?
The plugin can be downloaded from https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/ and installed with the -p option of hp-plugin. -- Brian.