add gnupg to 4MLinux maybe?

i720 · 02-14-2017, 08:16 AM

Hey! just tried 4MLinux for the first time yesterday. Spent a little time these couple of days setting up my hp printer which unfortunately requires plugin. Here comes the problem: hp-plugin results in error "error: GPG command not found".
to be precise when running in debug mode the last few seemingly relevant lines go like this:

hp-plugin[30295]: debug: File error page score: 0.000000
hp-plugin[30295]: debug: Validating /root/.hplip/hplip-3.16.8-plugin.run with /root/.hplip/hplip-3.16.8-plugin.run.asc signature file
()
error: GPG command not found
hp-plugin[30295]: debug: Unlocking: /var/hp-plugin.lock

i assume it needs gnupg? i did install the whole "Development packages" suite with that neat little script you provide. i did try compiling various gnupg versions (1.4+ and 2.0+) but i never even reached the "make install" phase, which i could provide more info on if needed, but yet it seems to be a whole other story).

and to keep it in one thread for now, another small thing to report on so far would be that after you install seamonkey extension, it automatically loads it with a prompt window of what to set it as default for: browser, email etc... but that little window would not close out by pressing "ok" button, only would close by pressing x. just a small thing to keep in mind i guess.

either way thanks a lot for your work, there's just so much to appreciate for sure, even on the first glance!

zk1234 · 02-14-2017, 10:32 AM

Hi,

That's right. GnuPG is not included in 4MLinux. Fortunately, some small scripts written by me provide limited support for Debian, Fedora and Slackware packages. The quick workaround you can try:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
#
 mkdir $HOME/rpms
 cd $HOME/rpms
 file1=g/gnupg-1.4.21-1.fc25.i686.rpm
 file2=n/ncurses-libs-6.0-6.20160709.fc25.i686.rpm
 file3=r/readline-6.3-8.fc24.i686.rpm
 for i in $file1 $file2 $file3; do
   wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/25/Everything/i386/os/Packages/$i
 done
 for i in $(ls); do
   rpm -i $i
 done

Now you should have the gpg command ready to use.

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zk1234 · 02-14-2017, 11:09 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i720

and to keep it in one thread for now, another small thing to report on so far would be that after you install seamonkey extension, it automatically loads it with a prompt window of what to set it as default for: browser, email etc... but that little window would not close out by pressing "ok" button, only would close by pressing x. just a small thing to keep in mind i guess.

I know this problem. This is a relatively small price (it appears only once after installing SeaMonkey) 4MLinux must pay for its own implementation of the mime type system. Thanks to this system many other things work in the way expected by me. It looks that 4MLinux is like Android: it's GNU Linux but it does many things in its own way (much different than in other distros).

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i720 · 02-14-2017, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

Hi,

That's right. GnuPG is not included in 4MLinux. Fortunately, some small scripts written by me provide limited support for Debian, Fedora and Slackware packages. The quick workaround you can try:

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
#
 mkdir $HOME/rpms
 cd $HOME/rpms
 file1=g/gnupg-1.4.21-1.fc25.i686.rpm
 file2=n/ncurses-libs-6.0-6.20160709.fc25.i686.rpm
 file3=r/readline-6.3-8.fc24.i686.rpm
 for i in $file1 $file2 $file3; do
   wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/25/Everything/i386/os/Packages/$i
 done
 for i in $(ls); do
   rpm -i $i
 done

Now you should have the gpg command ready to use.

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Hey! thank you so much for a quick reply! it sure did install gnupg really good! unfortunately having this step passed, i'm facing another problem with this hp-plugin - it now complains that:
error: Unable to load pkit...is HPLIP installed?
error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed

i tried to mimic your script and go like

Code:

#!/bin/sh
#
#
 mkdir $HOME/rpms
 cd $HOME/rpms
 file1=p/python-gobject-3.22.0-1.fc25.i686.rpm
 file2=p/python-gobject-base-3.22.0-1.fc25.i686.rpm
for i in $file1 $file2; do
   wget http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedo...verything/i386
 done
 for i in $(ls); do
   rpm -i $i
 done

but it was not enough apparently if significant at all.
anyway, once again thanks a lot for your time and efforts!

zk1234 · 02-14-2017, 04:58 PM

Hi again,

In a moment you will install full Fedora under 4MLinux, which rather does not make sense :-)

Possible solution: when adding your printer in CUPS, check if you can choose the Gutenprint driver (and not the HPLIP one).

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i720 · 02-14-2017, 05:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

Hi again,

In a moment you will install full Fedora under 4MLinux, which rather does not make sense :-)

Possible solution: when adding your printer in CUPS, check if you can choose the Gutenprint driver (and not the HPLIP one).

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yeah, i guess it's knida missing the original purpose... but that's pretty much only two things i'm missing: that hplip plugin and chinese input which i was hoping to compile from scim's github to see how it would go. and as far as i know that proprietary plugin is rather mandatory... so little luck i guess

zk1234 · 02-14-2017, 05:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by i720

yeah, i guess it's knida missing the original purpose... but that's pretty much only two things i'm missing: that hplip plugin and chinese input which i was hoping to compile from scim's github to see how it would go. and as far as i know that proprietary plugin is rather mandatory... so little luck i guess

:-(

PS.
Thanks for your nice words about 4MLinux !

i720 · 02-14-2017, 05:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zk1234

:-(

PS.
Thanks for your nice words about 4MLinux !

it's very well worth it to say the least

good luck with further development!