On Fri 02 Aug 2019 at 12:36:46 +0200, Pierre Frenkiel wrote: > On Fri, 2 Aug 2019, Brian wrote: > > > > I also installed all xxqt4xx packages > > > > Not so good. > > agreed. As that solved nothing, I purged them > > > 'hp-plugin -i -p hplip-3.19.6-plugin.run' is the most straightforward > > command to use to install the plugin. > > > > (hplip-3.19.6 is from the experimental (rc-buggy) archive. Thanks for > > testing it. As far as hplip is concerned your machine is not, as you > > claim, on buster). > > Actually, I am on buster: cat /etc/debian_version ==> 10.0 > I installed the correxponding version of hplip, which is now > 3.18.12+dfsg0-2 > but > hp-plugin -i -p hplip-3.18.12-plugin.run > still gives: > error: Unable to open /data/home/frenkiel/.hplip/hp-plugin.lock lock file.
Use the advice at https://wiki.debian.org/PrintQueuesCUPS#hp Omit the first and last steps in the instructions. -- Brian.
