Archlinux News: hplip 3.20.3-2 update requires manual intervention

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hplip 3.20.3-2 update requires manual intervention

2020-03-19 - Andreas Radke

The hplip package prior to version 3.20.3-2 was missing the compiled python modules. This has been fixed in 3.20.3-2, so the upgrade will need to overwrite the untracked pyc files that were created. If you get errors such as these

hplip: /usr/share/hplip/base/__pycache__/__init__.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
hplip: /usr/share/hplip/base/__pycache__/avahi.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
hplip: /usr/share/hplip/base/__pycache__/codes.cpython-38.pyc exists in filesystem
...many more...

when updating, use

pacman -Suy --overwrite /usr/share/hplip/\*

to perform the upgrade.

 

https://www.archlinux.org/news/hplip-3203-2-update-requires-manual-intervention/

[raymac46]

I got some warnings but no errors and the update completed successfully.

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Do you have hplip installed?

[raymac46]

Yes. I can print to a wireless printer.

 

 

 

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Nice