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hplip package

[Feisty] hplip GUI doesn't work without python-qt3

Bug #91319 reported by Conrad Knauer on 2007-03-11

This bug report is a duplicate of: Bug #86893: [Feisty] Starting HPLIP Toolbox in DVD edition or after update through internet: No python-qt3, but plenty of space on DVD or internet repository. Edit Remove

Affects		Status	Importance	Assigned to	Milestone
	hplip (Ubuntu)	New	Undecided	Unassigned

Bug Description

I'm running Feisty from the repositories. Note: I tried to file this bug against hplip, but it said "HP Linux Imaging and Printing does not use Malone as its bug tracker." so I'm leaving it blank. This is not really a bug of the program though, its a bug of the DEB package.

Trying to run System -> Preferences -> HPLIP Toolbox fails.
The launcher command is "/usr/bin/hp-toolbox"
Running that from the command line gives:

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$ /usr/bin/hp-toolbox
error: PyQt not installed. GUI not available. Exiting.
error: PyQt/Qt initialization error. Please check install of PyQt/Qt and try again.
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This is because python-qt3 is not installed by default in Feisty as it is (as per Synaptic) only Recommended (and oddly, also Suggested) by the hplip package. Please change the hplip DEB so that it "Depends" on python-qt3 as installing that makes it work:

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~$ /usr/bin/hp-toolbox

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 1.7.1)
HP Device Manager ver. 7.0

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This software comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
This is free software, and you are welcome to distribute it
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Revision history for this message

Pascal De Vuyst (pascal-devuyst) wrote on 2007-03-11:

Thanks for your bug report.
This bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system.
Closing as a duplicate of bug #86893, please add further comments in that bug report.
Feel free to report any other bugs you find.