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I use Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . HPLIP 3.16.3 comes with this . I have bought a new printer LaserJet Pro MFP M130nw which requires a minimum of HPLIP 3.16.11.

I downloaded from the HP Developer website the Automatic Installer (.run file ) Download HPLIP 3.20.5 . and then ran the Automatic Installer .

The process went well until the HP-PLUGIN failed -see log below

HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.20.5)
Plugin Installer ver. 3.0
Copyright (c) 2001-18 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: 3.20.5
Installed HPLIP version: 3.20.5
Number of files to install: 64
Plugin installation failed
error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed
error: Plug-in install failed.
Done.

A newbie question - how do I install “Python gobject/dbus “ ?

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  • sudo apt install python-gobject should work. IIRC there is number of packages that HPLIP depends on which do not get installed automatically this way. python-gobject may only be the first of the series. But hang on, eventually it will get installed. – Jos Jun 15 '20 at 10:54
  • @jos That That has not worked. jm@jm-OptiPlex-9020:~$ sudo apt install python-gobject [sudo] password for jm: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree
    Reading state information... Done python-gobject is already the newest version (3.20.0-0ubuntu1). 0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. jm@jm-OptiPlex-9020:~$         – user60510 Jun 15 '20 at 12:43
  • According to HP - you device does not require plugin. It should simply work. – N0rbert Jun 15 '20 at 14:38
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    @N0rbert . I agree that according to HP the device does not require a plugin . The printer works but the scanner does not . When I try to scan I receive a message from the HP device manager " Driver Plugin required " – user60510 Jun 16 '20 at 06:28

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This worked for me . Now Plug-in installation successful .

Install apparmor utils

sudo apt-get install apparmor-utils

Run

sudo aa-disable /usr/share/hplip/plugin.py

Run as normal user, not as root:

hp-plugin
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