I found another command that lists multiple things needed some of which aren't even in synaptic. why does hplip install without all these needed apps.
Code:
librarian@Ubuntu5:~$ hp-doctor
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.23.12)
Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0
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.
HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.23.12)
Self Diagnse Utility and Healing Utility ver. 1.0
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.
Checking for Deprecated items....
No Deprecated items are found
Checking for HPLIP updates....
error: Failed to locate hp-upgrade utility
Checking for Dependencies....
warning: ubuntu-24.04 version is not supported. Using ubuntu-23.04 versions dependencies to verify and install...
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| SYSTEM INFO |
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Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Nov 4 02:06:24 UTC 2024 GNU/Linux
Host: Ubuntu5
Proc: 6.8.0-49-generic #49-Ubuntu SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Mon Nov 4 02:06:24 UTC 2024 GNU/Linux
Distribution: ubuntu 24.04
Bitness: 64 bit
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| HPLIP CONFIGURATION |
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HPLIP-Version: HPLIP 3.23.12
HPLIP-Home: /usr/share/hplip
warning: HPLIP-Installation: Auto installation is not supported for ubuntu distro 24.04 version
Current contents of '/etc/hp/hplip.conf' file:
# hplip.conf. Generated from hplip.conf.in by configure.
[hplip]
version=3.23.12
[dirs]
home=/usr/share/hplip
run=/var/run
ppd=/usr/share/ppd/hplip/HP
ppdbase=/usr/share/ppd/hplip
doc=/usr/share/doc/hplip
html=/usr/share/doc/hplip-doc
icon=no
cupsbackend=/usr/lib/cups/backend
cupsfilter=/usr/lib/cups/filter
drv=/usr/share/cups/drv
bin=/usr/bin
apparmor=/etc/apparmor.d
# Following values are determined at configure time and cannot be changed.
[configure]
network-build=yes
libusb01-build=no
pp-build=no
gui-build=yes
scanner-build=yes
fax-build=yes
dbus-build=yes
cups11-build=no
doc-build=yes
shadow-build=no
hpijs-install=yes
foomatic-drv-install=yes
foomatic-ppd-install=no
foomatic-rip-hplip-install=no
hpcups-install=yes
cups-drv-install=yes
cups-ppd-install=no
internal-tag=3.23.12
restricted-build=no
ui-toolkit=qt5
qt3=no
qt4=no
qt5=yes
policy-kit=yes
lite-build=no
udev_sysfs_rules=no
hpcups-only-build=no
hpijs-only-build=no
apparmor_build=no
class-driver=no
Current contents of '/var/lib/hp/hplip.state' file:
Plugins are not installed. Could not access file: No such file or directory
Current contents of '~/.hplip/hplip.conf' file:
[upgrade]
notify_upgrade = true
last_upgraded_time = 1535037295
pending_upgrade_time = 0
latest_available_version = 3.17.10
[last_used]
device_uri = hp:/net/HP_LaserJet_400_M401dw?ip=192.168.1.167
printer_name =
working_dir = .
[installation]
date_time = 11/30/24 15:43:49
version = 3.23.12
[settings]
systray_visible = 2
systray_messages = 3
[commands]
scan = /usr/bin/xsane -V %SANE_URI%
[refresh]
rate = 30
enable = false
type = 1
[polling]
enable = false
interval = 5
device_list =
[fax]
voice_phone =
email_address =
<Package-name> <Package-Desc> <Required/Optional> <Min-Version> <Installed-Version> <Status> <Comment>
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| External Dependencies |
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error: cups CUPS - Common Unix Printing System REQUIRED 1.1 - INCOMPAT 'CUPS may not be installed or not running'
gs GhostScript - PostScript and PDF language interpreter and previewer REQUIRED 7.05 10.02.1 OK -
error: xsane xsane - Graphical scanner frontend for SANE OPTIONAL 0.9 - MISSING 'xsane needs to be installed'
scanimage scanimage - Shell scanning program OPTIONAL 1.0 1.2.1 OK -
dbus DBus - Message bus system REQUIRED - 1.14.10 OK -
policykit PolicyKit - Administrative policy framework OPTIONAL - - OK -
network network -wget OPTIONAL - 1.21.4 OK -
avahi-utils avahi-utils OPTIONAL - 0.8 OK -
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| General Dependencies |
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libjpeg libjpeg - JPEG library REQUIRED - - OK -
error: cups-devel CUPS devel- Common Unix Printing System development files REQUIRED - - MISSING 'cups-devel needs to be installed'
error: cups-image CUPS image - CUPS image development files REQUIRED - - MISSING 'cups-image needs to be installed'
libpthread libpthread - POSIX threads library REQUIRED - b'2.39' OK -
libusb libusb - USB library REQUIRED - 1.0 OK -
sane SANE - Scanning library REQUIRED - - OK -
sane-devel SANE - Scanning library development files REQUIRED - - OK -
error: libavahi-dev libavahi-dev REQUIRED - - MISSING 'libavahi-dev needs to be installed'
libnetsnmp-devel libnetsnmp-devel - SNMP networking library development files REQUIRED 5.0.9 5.9.4 OK -
libcrypto libcrypto - OpenSSL cryptographic library REQUIRED - 3.0.13 OK -
python3X Python 2.2 or greater - Python programming language REQUIRED 2.2 3.12.3 OK -
python3-notify2 Python libnotify - Python bindings for the libnotify Desktop notifications OPTIONAL - - OK -
error: python3-pyqt4-dbus PyQt 4 DBus - DBus Support for PyQt4 OPTIONAL 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4-dbus needs to be installed'
error: python3-pyqt4 PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x) REQUIRED 4.0 - MISSING 'python3-pyqt4 needs to be installed'
python3-dbus Python DBus - Python bindings for DBus REQUIRED 0.80.0 1.3.2 OK -
python3-xml Python XML libraries REQUIRED - 2.6.1 OK -
python3-devel Python devel - Python development files REQUIRED 2.2 3.12.3 OK -
python3-pil PIL - Python Imaging Library (required for commandline scanning with hp-scan) OPTIONAL - 10.2.0 OK -
python3-reportlab Reportlab - PDF library for Python OPTIONAL 2.0 4.1.0 OK -
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| COMPILEDEP |
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libtool libtool - Library building support services REQUIRED - 2.4.7 OK -
gcc gcc - GNU Project C and C++ Compiler REQUIRED - 13.2.0 OK -
make make - GNU make utility to maintain groups of programs REQUIRED 3.0 4.3 OK -
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| Python Extentions |
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cupsext CUPS-Extension REQUIRED - 3.23.12 OK -
hpmudext IO-Extension REQUIRED - 3.23.12 OK -
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| Scan Configuration |
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'/etc/sane.d/dll.d/hpaio' not found.
hpaio HPLIP-SANE-Backend REQUIRED - 3.23.12 OK 'hpaio found in /etc/sane.d/dll.conf'
scanext Scan-SANE-Extension REQUIRED - 3.23.12 OK -
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| DISCOVERED SCANNER DEVICES |
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No Scanner found.
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| DISCOVERED USB DEVICES |
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No devices found.
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| INSTALLED CUPS PRINTER QUEUES |
---------------------------------
lpstat
------
Type: Unknown
Device URI: No destinations added.
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| PERMISSION |
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Missing Required Dependencies
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error: 'libcups2' package is missing or 'cups' service is not running.
error: 'libcups2-dev' package is missing or 'cups' service is not running.
error: 'cups-bsd' package is missing or 'cups' service is not running.
error: 'cups-client' package is missing or 'cups' service is not running.
error: 'libcupsimage2-dev' package is missing or 'cups' service is not running.
error: 'libavahi-client-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libavahi-core-dev' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'libavahi-common-dev' package is missing/incompatible
Missing Optional Dependencies
-----------------------------
error: 'gtk2-engines-pixbuf' package is missing/incompatible
error: 'xsane' package is missing/incompatible
ENTER SUDO PASSWORD
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Please enter the sudoer (librarian)'s password:
Checking Permissions....
Checking for Configured Queues....
No Queue added
warning: No Queue(s) configured.
Checking for HP Properitery Plugin's....
No plug-in printers are configured.
Diagnose completed...
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