HPLIP error installation on ubuntu 14.04

[crl1]

I wanted to install HPLIP 3.20.11 on Ubuntu 14.04 from 

https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/install/install/index

but got some warnings on scanjet dependency which yield to the make failure:

error: 'make' command failed with status code 2

How could I fix this?

Below you will see the complete run result.

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sh hplip-3.20.11.run
Creating directory hplip-3.20.11
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.20.11 Self Extracting Archive...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.11)
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_Sat-30-Jan-2021_17:36:15.log

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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 3.20.11 on your computer.
Please close any running package management systems now (YaST, Adept, Synaptic, Up2date, etc).

DISTRO/OS CONFIRMATION
----------------------
Distro appears to be Ubuntu 14.04.

Is "Ubuntu 14.04" your correct distro/OS and version (y=yes*, n=no, q=quit) ? y

Initializing. Please wait...

ENTER USER PASSWORD
-------------------
Please enter the sudoer (ctril)'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://help.ubuntu.com/community/Repositories/Ubuntu for more information. Disable the CD-ROM/DVD source if you do not have the Ubuntu installation media inserted in the drive.

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

RUNNING SCANJET DEPENDENCY COMMANDS
-----------------------------------
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes python-pip (Scanjet-depend step 1)
sudo pip2 install --upgrade pip (Scanjet-depend step 2)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libleptonica-dev (Scanjet-depend step 3)
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes tesseract-ocr (Scanjet-depend step 4)
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libtesseract-dev (Scanjet-depend step 5)
sudo -H pip2 install tesserocr (Scanjet-depend step 6)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes tesseract-ocr-all (Scanjet-depend step 7)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes libzbar-dev (Scanjet-depend step 😎
sudo apt-get install --assume-yes python-zbar (Scanjet-depend step 9)
sudo -H pip2 install opencv-python (Scanjet-depend step 10)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
sudo -H pip2 install PyPDF2 (Scanjet-depend step 11)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
sudo -H pip2 install imutils (Scanjet-depend step 12)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
sudo -H pip2 install pypdfocr (Scanjet-depend step 13)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
sudo -H pip2 install scikit-image (Scanjet-depend step 14)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
sudo -H pip2 install scipy (Scanjet-depend step 15)
warning: Failed to install this Scanjet dependency package. Some Scanjet features will not work.
OK

PRE-BUILD COMMANDS
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OK

BUILD AND INSTALL
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Running './configure --with-hpppddir=/usr/share/ppd/HP --libdir=/usr/lib --prefix=/usr --enable-qt4 --disable-qt5 --enable-doc-build --disable-cups-ppd-install --disable-foomatic-drv-install --disable-libusb01_build --disable-foomatic-ppd-install --disable-hpijs-install --disable-class-driver --disable-udev_sysfs_rules --disable-policykit --enable-cups-drv-install --enable-hpcups-install --enable-network-build --enable-dbus-build --enable-scan-build --enable-fax-build --enable-apparmor_build'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
Command completed successfully.

Running 'make clean'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
Command completed successfully.

Running 'make'
Please wait, this may take several minutes...
error: 'make' command failed with status code 2

[WAWood]

@crl1 

I'm sorry, but HP only warranties their PCs for usage with the OS that comes preinstalled.

IF you replace that with a Linux distro, or add a Linux distro, then you assume full responsibility for maintaining that -- including solving any problems with booting the other OS and/or installing the other OS.

Your best bet for support now is to contact the support forum of the distro you are using.

Since you are using Ubuntu, go here: https://ubuntuforums.org/

Good Luck