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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?

kannzzmm2
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    did you try in Settings -> Printer -> Add.. to configure your printer or Additional Printer Settings ? – kannzzmm2 Jul 14 '20 at 13:20
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    Does this answer your question? [How to install HPLIP on my Ubuntu to support my HP printer and/or scanner?](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1137815/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
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    "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](https://askubuntu.com/questions/1258955/) 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

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