File hplip-install not found

[Matteo Barison]

I downloaded the file hplip-3.20.6.run in my home directory and gave the command

$ sh hplip-3.20.6.run

but after integrity check and uncompression, there is the following error:

hplip-3.20.6.run: eval: line 1: ./hplip-install: not found

But the file exists and it is there! Python2.7 is installed and its various dependencies; Cups is installed and running. I cannot get working my HP P1005 printer...

[shivani mandora (shivani1708)]

Hi,

Please provide distro details.
And output of $sh hplip-3.20.6.run

[Matteo Barison (matteobarison)]

Hi,
the distro is piCore TinyCore Linux v.11.0 (it is the latest stable release) on hardware RaspBerry Pi Zero W.
Kernel Linux version is 4.19.81 (the output of uname -r is 4.19.81-piCore).
The final application will be a very small print server, low energy consumption, connected to local wifi network, with a HP P1005 USB laser printer directly connected to the RaspBerry Pi Zero W.
I placed the binary hplip-3.20.6.run inside a directory /home/tc. I ran sh hplip-3.20.6.run and also sudo sh hplip-3.20.6.run, but the output in both cases is the same:

Creating directory hplip-3.20.6
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncomressing HPLIP 3.20.6 Self Extracting Archive.........
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hplip-3.20.6.run: eval: line 1: ./hplip-install: not found

The file hplip-install is obviously there, inside the directory /home/tc/hplip-3.20.6. I have access to it and I can read its content as bash script.
The filesystem is plenty of space. Python2.7 is installed along with the package python-psutil.

I hope you will give some advice. Thanks.

[Matteo Barison (matteobarison)]

I am still trying to get hplip working on armv6. I reverted back to 3.18.6, it should be the last available version that does not require libImageProcessor.so.
The plug-in installation for hplip 3.18.6 fails and gives:

Downloading plug-in: [\ ] 0% Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/usr/local/bin/hp-plugin", line 363, in <module>
    status, plugin_path, error_str = pluginObj.download(plugin_path, plugin_download_callback)
  File "/tmp/tcloop/hplip/usr/local/share/hplip/installer/pluginhandler.py", line 254, in download
    core = core_install.CoreInstall()
  File "/tmp/tcloop/hplip/usr/local/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 231, in __init__
    self.passwordObj = password.Password(ui_mode)
  File "/tmp/tcloop/hplip/usr/local/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 112, in __init__
    self.__readAuthType() # self.__authType
  File "/tmp/tcloop/hplip/usr/local/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 134, in __readAuthType
    distro_name = get_distro_name().lower()
  File "/tmp/tcloop/hplip/usr/local/share/hplip/base/password.py", line 80, in get_distro_name
    os_name = platform.dist()[0]
AttributeError: module 'platform' has no attribute 'dist'
error: Failed to install Plugin.
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 still hope that you will give some advice and support. Thanks.

[Matteo Barison (matteobarison)]

Please also note that the use of platform.dist() should be deprecated since python2.6.