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+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #1788643 +++
Description of problem:
Error appears on fedora 31 minimal installation (I saw it on aarch64, probably other architectures and versions affected) when running `hplip-setup -i` after installing `hplip` via dnf. It writes some errors:
```
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.19.12 Plugin Self Extracting Archive.Extraction failed.
error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed
```
But after installing all components it appeared that error is in absence of `tar`.
So the bug is actuall dependence on tar (in most cases it is installed by default) while it is not installed with the `dnf install hplip`.
My suggestion is to add `tar` as a dependency of `hplip`.
How reproducible:
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install Fedora minimal on machine
2. sudo dnf install hplip
3. hplip-setup -i
4. Choose usb, choose download
5. Here is an error about uncompressing the hplip-plugin
Actual results:
Uncompressing HPLIP 3.19.12 Plugin Self Extracting Archive.Extraction failed.
error: Python gobject/dbus may be not installed
Expected results:
Successfull installation of the printer
Additional info:
All error is about not having tar by dependency
--- Additional comment from Zdenek Dohnal on 2020-01-08 07:17:44 UTC ---
Hi Thomas,
thank you for reporting the issue!
I was able to reproduce the issue by installing hplip, removing tar and running 'hp-plugin -i' on Fedora Server machine.
--- Additional comment from Fedora Update System on 2020-01-08 07:58:58 UTC ---
FEDORA-2020-ae9c683e3b has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-ae9c683e3b
--- Additional comment from Fedora Update System on 2020-01-09 01:07:34 UTC ---
hplip-3.19.12-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-ae9c683e3b
--- Additional comment from Fedora Update System on 2020-01-13 02:19:50 UTC ---
hplip-3.19.12-2.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Since tar is installed by default in RHEL because it is in default groups defined by comps, the customer would need explicitly uninstall tar and then run hp-plugin to hit this issue.
The bug is fixed in RHEL 9 and currently there is no customer hitting the issue, I'm closing the issue as WONTFIX for now.
Feel free to reopen once there is a customer case regarding the issue.