My HP Laserjet P1606dn was running fine until recently. After updates I need to install the plugin, but after the last it seems that I cannot do it.
The process goes smoothly, it says the update was successful, and when I click OK I get:error: Failed to install Plug-in.
Either you have chosen to skip the Plug-in installation or entered incorrect Password.
Here is the full run:$ hp-diagnose_plugin
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.12)
Diagnose Plugin Utility ver. 1.0
Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.12)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1
Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.12)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1
Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.
Downloading plug-in from: file:///home/finotti/tmp/hplip-3.18.12-plugin.run
1100%Receiving digital keys: /usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/finotti/.hplip/.gnupg --no-permission-warning --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0x4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9
Creating directory plugin_tmp
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.18.12 Plugin Self Extracting Archive.........................................................
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.12)
Plugin Installer ver. 3.0
Copyright (c) 2001-15 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: 3.18.12
Installed HPLIP version: 3.18.12
Number of files to install: 55
note: Using PyQt5
Done.
Plug-in installation successful
Done.
error: Failed to install Plug-in.
Either you have chosen to skip the Plug-in installation or entered incorrect Password.
Done.
So, I tried removing the printer and adding it again. Similarly, it says successful, but then it asks (in a loop) to install the plugin:
$ hp-setup
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.12)
Printer/Fax Setup Utility ver. 9.0
Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.
Searching... (bus=usb, search=(None), desc=0)
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.12)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1
Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.12)
Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1
Copyright (c) 2001-15 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.
Downloading plug-in from: file:///home/finotti/tmp/hplip-3.18.12-plugin.run
1100%Receiving digital keys: /usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/finotti/.hplip/.gnupg --no-permission-warning --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0x4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9
Creating directory plugin_tmp
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.18.12 Plugin Self Extracting Archive.........................................................
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.12)
Plugin Installer ver. 3.0
Copyright (c) 2001-15 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: 3.18.12
Installed HPLIP version: 3.18.12
Number of files to install: 55
note: Using PyQt5
Done.
Plug-in installation successful
Done.
error: The device you are trying to setup requires a binary plug-in. Some functionalities may not work as expected without plug-ins. Please run 'hp-plugin' as normal user to install plug-ins. Visit http://hplipopensource.com for more infomation.
I've tried: manually downloading the plugin, removing $HOME/.hplip, purging and reinstalling hplip, but the result is always the same...
Any suggestions?