Bug#925222: hplip: hp-plugin doesn't work (hp-diagnose_plugin[4665]: error: Failed to install Plug-in)
In my VirtualBox Debian unstable installation I have removed sudo for my
account and logged out and in again to make sure group information is
refreshed. The hp-plugin (without the -i) works perfectly. But sudo
appears not to blame because when I reversed and re-enabled sudo +
logout + login it also worked.
So I did another apt-get -t stretch-backports upgrade on my notebook and
upgraded everything (including hplip) to stretch-backports. Tried the
hp-plugin command and now it works perfectly! It asks for a root
password, which I type in and now it doesn't give any error message. I'm
not sure what changed but the problem appears solved somehow.
Thanks for the support, cheers, Mari
On 3/26/19 1:04 PM, Brian Potkin wrote:
> On Tue 26 Mar 2019 at 11:50:38 +0100, Mari Donkers wrote:
>
>> Nope, I always create a separate, dedicated root account. And install
>> (when not installed) and configure sudo manually after installation.
> Ok. I was thinking in terms of your report being related to #825383:
>
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=825383
>
>> Had earlier tried various approaches from root prompt (after a sudo -i)
>> and from my regular account with and without sudo. Didn't work.
>>
>> But the sudo hp-plugin -i command does indeed work (didn't know the -i
>> parameter to hp-plugin). Tried it in a VirtualBox Debian unstable
>> installation.
> I am barely familiar with sudo and its configuration so, TBH, I am not
> sure I understand what
>
> > ...and my account added to the sudo group to enable...
>
> does. However, hplip assumes the existence of a root account on a Debian
> installation (on Ubuntu it assumes a sudo account). What happens if you
> unadd it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Brian.
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