Ubuntu 20.04 hplip needs pyqt4, which is not available anymore

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I know this has been asked before, but the solutions did not work for me.

I have an HP OfficeJet Pro 8625, which worked fine under 18.04. HPLIP does not install properly because of a dependency that is no longer available. Specifically, it needs python3-pyqt4 which has been removed from the repositories. Earlier questions suggested steps that do not work for this printer.

I added hplip-gui and still no-go. I downloaded the install script from https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing, and the install script will not complete. I did cd ~/Downloads/hplip-3.20.6, then ./configure --prefix=/usr --enable-qt5 --disable-qt-4, then make, then sudo make install. These all seemed to complete. But I still cannot use the printer. I only run LTR's because it is such a pain to go thru this every 6 months. Even every 2 years is hard. My printer is not working.

any ideas, other than reverting to 18.04 until this gets fixed?

did you try in Settings -> Printer -> Add.. to configure your printer or Additional Printer Settings ? — kannzzmm2, Jul 14 '20 at 13:20
Does this answer your question? How to install HPLIP on my Ubuntu to support my HP printer and/or scanner? - really you needs >3.14.4, so sudo apt-get install hplip-gui would be enough. — N0rbert, Jul 14 '20 at 13:59
"The solutions did not work" does not provide any useful information for us to help you. It doesn't show how your problem is different. Edit your question to show us complete output demonstrating that you followed the instructions correctly and showing the complete error. — user535733, Jul 14 '20 at 14:14
Keep in mind that if HPLIP doesn't work, then that's something HP has to fix, not Ubuntu. (This is not really an answer but more of a "hey, tell HP to fix their software" thing.) — Thomas Ward, Jul 14 '20 at 14:36

Ubuntu 20.04 hplip needs pyqt4, which is not available anymore

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