Comment 8 for bug 1796864

It works now :) I ended up using the CUPS webinterface. Thanks!

On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 21:15, Martin Gladigau <email address hidden>
wrote:

> I haven't had the time to do that by now, probably Sunday :) Thanks for
> asking :)
>
> On Fri, 12 Oct 2018 at 21:12, brian_p <email address hidden> wrote:
>
>> Checked out now? How did it go?
>>
>> --
>> Brian.
>>
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>> report.
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1796864
>>
>> Title:
>> Installer cannot find /etc/PolicyKit, but it is now /etc/polkit-1
>>
>> Status in HPLIP:
>> New
>>
>> Bug description:
>> I am running Arch Linux.
>> When trying to install hplip as described here:
>> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing/install/install/index
>> , I get the following output/error:
>>
>>
>> ####################################################################################################
>>
>> $ sh /home/maddin/user_programs/hplip-3.18.9.run
>>
>> Creating directory hplip-3.18.9
>> Verifying archive integrity... All good.
>> Uncompressing HPLIP 3.18.9 Self Extracting Archive.. [more ...]
>>
>> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.9)
>> HPLIP Installer ver. 5.1
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Installer log saved in: hplip-install_Tue-09-Oct-2018_13:01:27.log
>>
>> \
>> note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to
>> accept the default. -Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/home/maddin/user_programs/hplip-3.18.9/base/utils.py", line
>> 266, in walkFiles
>> names = os.listdir(root)
>> FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/PolicyKit'
>>
>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/home/maddin/user_programs/hplip-3.18.9/base/utils.py", line
>> 268, in walkFiles
>> raise StopIteration
>> StopIteration
>>
>> The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "./install.py", line 241, in <module>
>> text_install.start(language, auto, test_depends, test_unknown,
>> assume_network, max_retries, enable, disable)
>> File
>> "/home/maddin/user_programs/hplip-3.18.9/installer/text_install.py", line
>> 86, in start
>> core.init()
>> File
>> "/home/maddin/user_programs/hplip-3.18.9/installer/core_install.py", line
>> 528, in init
>> self.check_dependencies(callback)
>> File
>> "/home/maddin/user_programs/hplip-3.18.9/installer/core_install.py", line
>> 621, in check_dependencies
>> self.have_dependencies[d] = self.dependencies[d][3]()
>> File
>> "/home/maddin/user_programs/hplip-3.18.9/installer/core_install.py", line
>> 1242, in check_policykit
>> if check_file('PolicyKit.conf', "/etc/PolicyKit") and
>> check_file('org.gnome.PolicyKit.AuthorizationManager.service',
>> "/usr/share/dbus-1/services"):
>> File "/home/maddin/user_programs/hplip-3.18.9/installer/dcheck.py",
>> line 108, in check_file
>> for w in utils.walkFiles(dir, recurse=True, abs_paths=True,
>> return_folders=False, pattern=f):
>> RuntimeError: generator raised StopIteration
>>
>>
>> ####################################################################################################
>>
>> So the installer cannot find '/etc/PolicyKit'. This is no wonder,
>> since the name PolicyKit is outdated, as described here:
>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polkit . In fact, I do have a folder
>> called '/etc/polkit-1'.
>>
>> Note: How I got there:
>>
>> Before trying this way, I tried to install via 'pacman -S hplip'. This
>> does work, however, hp-check will print: 'warning: CUPSEXT could not be
>> loaded. Please check HPLIP installation.'
>> So I looked at this page:
>> https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/debian-ubuntu-hp-linux-imaging-printing-warning-cupsext/
>> and, even though it is debian here, I thought I'd give it a try installing
>> from the run-file instead of via pacman.
>>
>> When I try to run something like hp-systray after installing via
>> pacman, I do get the error "ModuleNotFoundError: No module named
>> 'cupsext'".
>> When I run hp-doctor, it fails due to not finding '/etc/PolicyKit'
>> again:
>>
>>
>> ####################################################################################################
>>
>> $ hp-doctor
>>
>> HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.18.6)
>> Self Diagnse Utility and Healing 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. 3.18.6)
>> Self Diagnse Utility and Healing 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.
>>
>> \Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 266, in walkFiles
>> names = os.listdir(root)
>> FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/etc/PolicyKit'
>>
>> During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/usr/share/hplip/base/utils.py", line 268, in walkFiles
>> raise StopIteration
>> StopIteration
>>
>> The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:
>>
>> Traceback (most recent call last):
>> File "/usr/bin/hp-doctor", line 276, in <module>
>> dep.core.init()
>> File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 500, in init
>> self.check_dependencies(callback)
>> File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 593, in
>> check_dependencies
>> self.have_dependencies[d] = self.dependencies[d][3]()
>> File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/core_install.py", line 1164, in
>> check_policykit
>> if check_file('PolicyKit.conf', "/etc/PolicyKit") and
>> check_file('org.gnome.PolicyKit.AuthorizationManager.service',
>> "/usr/share/dbus-1/services"):
>> File "/usr/share/hplip/installer/dcheck.py", line 108, in check_file
>> for w in utils.walkFiles(dir, recurse=True, abs_paths=True,
>> return_folders=False, pattern=f):
>> RuntimeError: generator raised StopIteration
>>
>>
>> ####################################################################################################
>>
>> So whether I use pacman or the .run - file, the problem seems to be
>> the same in the end.
>>
>> Could you please fix this or at least tell me a good workaround?
>>
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