Nearly a year later since the OP, and still receiving this error message. Running Ubuntu Studio 16.04.5 LTS on my end.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to hplip in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1740507 Title: error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed Status in HPLIP: In Progress Status in hplip package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Done. root@fanta-Lenovo:~# hp-plugin HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.11) Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1 Copyright (c) 2001-15 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. warning: It is not recommended to run 'hp-plugin' in a root mode. HP Linux Imaging and Printing System (ver. 3.17.11) Plugin Download and Install Utility ver. 2.1 Copyright (c) 2001-15 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. (Note: Defaults for each question are maked with a '*'. Press <enter> to accept the default.) ------------------------------------------ | PLUG-IN INSTALLATION FOR HPLIP 3.17.11 | ------------------------------------------ Option Description ---------- -------------------------------------------------- d Download plug-in from HP (recommended) p Specify a path to the plug-in (advanced) q Quit hp-plugin (skip installation) Enter option (d=download*, p=specify path, q=quit) ? d ------------------- | DOWNLOAD PLUGIN | ------------------- Checking for network connection... Downloading plug-in from: Downloading plug-in: [\ ] 0% Receiving digital keys: /usr/bin/gpg --homedir /home/fanta/.hplip/.gnupg --no-permission-warning --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0x4ABA2F66DBD5A95894910E0673D770CDA59047B9 ---------------------- | INSTALLING PLUG-IN | ---------------------- Creating directory plugin_tmp Verifying archive integrity... All good. Uncompressing HPLIP 3.17.11 Plugin Self Extracting Archive.................................................. Traceback (most recent call last): File "./plugin_install.py", line 107, in <module> (UI_TOOLKIT_QT3, UI_TOOLKIT_QT4, UI_TOOLKIT_QT5), True) NameError: name 'UI_TOOLKIT_QT5' is not defined error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/hplip/+bug/1740507/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp