[Discuss] printer

[dan moylan]

gerry writes:
> Install hplip (typo in previous 😳)
> https://developers.hp.com/hp-linux-imaging-and-printing

went there, got hplip-3.22.10.run, made it executable, ran
it, answered y to a bunch of questions, killed a bunch of
processes when ordered to, and got here:

RE-CHECKING DEPENDENCIES
------------------------
-Gtk-Message: 15:23:40.675: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
error: A required dependency 'python3-pyqt4 (PyQt 4- Qt interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x))' is still missing.
error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency.
error: Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.
moylan Downloads[1216] sudo dnf install python3-pyqt4
[sudo] password for moylan:
Last metadata expiration check: 1:38:31 ago on Sun 12 Mar 2023 01:46:36 PM EDT.
No match for argument: python3-pyqt4
  * Maybe you meant: python3-PyQt4
Error: Unable to find a match: python3-pyqt4
moylan Downloads[1217] sudo dnf install python3-PyQt4
Last metadata expiration check: 1:41:28 ago on Sun 12 Mar 2023 01:46:36 PM EDT.
Package python3-PyQt4-4.12.3-23.fc37.x86_64 is already installed.
Dependencies resolved.
Nothing to do.
Complete!
moylan 2023[1340] which hplip
which: no hplip in (/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/usr/sbin:/usr/local/sbin:/home3/moylanus/ulm/bin/:./bin/:../bin/:/usr/libexec)
moylan 2023[1341]

hmmmm, new tack:

cd hplip-3.22.10

./hplip-install

  ...
  ...

RE-CHECKING DEPENDENCIES
------------------------
/Gtk-Message: 15:42:03.937: Failed to load module "pk-gtk-module"
error: A required dependency 'python3-pyqt4 (PyQt 4- Qt
           interface for Python (for Qt version 4.x))' is still missing.
error: Installation cannot continue without this dependency.
error: Please manually install this dependency and re-run this installer.
moylan hplip-3.22.10[1227]

apparently this is beyond me.

ole dan

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