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‎05-27-2019 02:43 PM

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Operating System: Linux

I'm trying to get a scanner to work.  I installed HPLIP and was walking through the printer setup and was notified that I needed to run hp-plugin.  That process through an error.  Here is the captured text:

 

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.5)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1

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.

Checking for network connection...
Downloading plug-in from:
Receiving digital keys: /usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/wayne/.hplip/.gnupg --no-permission-warning --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0x4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9
Creating directory plugin_tmp
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.19.5 Plugin Self Extracting Archive..............................................................

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.19.5)
Plugin Installer ver. 3.0

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.

Plug-in version: 3.19.5
Installed HPLIP version: 3.19.5
Number of files to install: 64

error: No system tray detected on this system. Unable to start, exiting.
Plugin installation failed
error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed
error: Plug-in install failed.

 

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