hplip-plugin compatibility

Marcus Lee · 2025-04-28T05:00:48.193Z

Hey, I have a minor suggestion. Is it possible for the distro to distribute `hplip-plugin` so printers that aren't supported with just hplip itself will work? Or at the very least provide an `ujust` script for it? Currently I have to maintain my own custom image just to get printer drivers working which is okay for someone like me who is willing to put in the effort and knows how to do it, but this is probably a deal-breaker for someone who's less capable

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dreamyuki•4/28/25, 5:04 AM

hplip-plugin is hard to ship since it basically write the plugin at /usr

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asen23•4/28/25, 5:12 AM

hopefully this can be added in the future using a sysext

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dreamyuki•4/28/25, 5:31 AM

Will also not work
Hplip-plugin is not one package for all printer
It downloaded the plugin for detected printer

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dreamyuki•4/28/25, 5:32 AM

And then extract the plugin at /usr

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dreamyuki•4/28/25, 5:32 AM

Which is dumb as shit holyfuck
Why not just put the plugin at /usr/local or even better in user homedir

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:37 AM

It's very wack

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:37 AM

I have to rely on someone's gitlab which builds an RPM of

hplip-plugin

hplip-plugin

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:37 AM

then install it via ostree

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:38 AM

and I automate it by making my own custom image, build the RPM there, then install the ostree

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:40 AM

https://gitlab.com/greysector/rpms/hplip-plugin

GitLab

Greysector / RPMs / hplip-plugin · GitLab

HP binary plugins for selected printers

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dreamyuki•4/28/25, 5:44 AM

Hmm him wonder if this can be legally distributed in ublue image

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:50 AM

No clue lol, I'm not a lawyer

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dreamyuki•4/28/25, 5:52 AM

this obviously can't be distribute at copr repo since the plugin is proprietary

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:53 AM

yeah

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:55 AM

# Build HP plugin
FROM fedora-minimal:38 as builder

# Install build tools
RUN dnf5 install -y git rpmdevtools crudini

# Prepare build directory
RUN rpmdev-setuptree && \

    # Download the .spec for building an RPM
    git clone 'https://gitlab.com/greysector/rpms/hplip-plugin.git' && \
    mv hplip-plugin/hplip-plugin.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ && \
    mv hplip-plugin/* /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ && \
 
    # Download HP's plugins and move it to SOURCES
    HPLIP_VERSION=`grep -Eo '[0-9]\.[0-9].\.[0-9]' /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec | head -1` && \
    curl -Lo hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run && \
    curl -Lo hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run.asc https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run.asc && \
    mv hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.* /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/

RUN echo "Building hplip-plugin RPM" && \
    cd /root/rpmbuild && \

    # Confirm that the file exists
    ls -lh /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec && \
    rpmbuild -bb /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec

RUN ls /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-*-1.x86_64.rpm && \
    HPLIP_VERSION=`ls /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-*-1.x86_64.rpm | grep -Eo '[0-9]\.[0-9].\.[0-9]'` && \
    mv /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-${HPLIP_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-latest-1.x86_64.rpm

### 2. SOURCE IMAGE
## this is a standard Containerfile FROM using the build ARGs above to select the right upstream image
FROM ghcr.io/ublue-os/${SOURCE_IMAGE}${SOURCE_SUFFIX}:${SOURCE_TAG}
ENV OS_VERSION=41

# Copy build artifact
# ARG HPLIP_VERSION="3.24.4" # HPLIP version that's used
COPY --from=builder /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-latest-1.x86_64.rpm /tmp

### 3. MODIFICATIONS
## make modifications desired in your image and install packages by modifying the build.sh script
## the following RUN directive does all the things required to run "build.sh" as recommended.

COPY build.sh /root/build.sh

RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/alternatives && \
    /root/build.sh && \
    ostree container commit

# Build HP plugin
FROM fedora-minimal:38 as builder

# Install build tools
RUN dnf5 install -y git rpmdevtools crudini

# Prepare build directory
RUN rpmdev-setuptree && \

    # Download the .spec for building an RPM
    git clone 'https://gitlab.com/greysector/rpms/hplip-plugin.git' && \
    mv hplip-plugin/hplip-plugin.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ && \
    mv hplip-plugin/* /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ && \
 
    # Download HP's plugins and move it to SOURCES
    HPLIP_VERSION=`grep -Eo '[0-9]\.[0-9].\.[0-9]' /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec | head -1` && \
    curl -Lo hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run && \
    curl -Lo hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run.asc https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run.asc && \
    mv hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.* /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/

RUN echo "Building hplip-plugin RPM" && \
    cd /root/rpmbuild && \

    # Confirm that the file exists
    ls -lh /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec && \
    rpmbuild -bb /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec

RUN ls /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-*-1.x86_64.rpm && \
    HPLIP_VERSION=`ls /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-*-1.x86_64.rpm | grep -Eo '[0-9]\.[0-9].\.[0-9]'` && \
    mv /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-${HPLIP_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-latest-1.x86_64.rpm

### 2. SOURCE IMAGE
## this is a standard Containerfile FROM using the build ARGs above to select the right upstream image
FROM ghcr.io/ublue-os/${SOURCE_IMAGE}${SOURCE_SUFFIX}:${SOURCE_TAG}
ENV OS_VERSION=41

# Copy build artifact
# ARG HPLIP_VERSION="3.24.4" # HPLIP version that's used
COPY --from=builder /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-latest-1.x86_64.rpm /tmp

### 3. MODIFICATIONS
## make modifications desired in your image and install packages by modifying the build.sh script
## the following RUN directive does all the things required to run "build.sh" as recommended.

COPY build.sh /root/build.sh

RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/alternatives && \
    /root/build.sh && \
    ostree container commit

# Build HP plugin
FROM fedora-minimal:38 as builder

# Install build tools
RUN dnf5 install -y git rpmdevtools crudini

# Prepare build directory
RUN rpmdev-setuptree && \

    # Download the .spec for building an RPM
    git clone 'https://gitlab.com/greysector/rpms/hplip-plugin.git' && \
    mv hplip-plugin/hplip-plugin.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ && \
    mv hplip-plugin/* /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ && \
 
    # Download HP's plugins and move it to SOURCES
    HPLIP_VERSION=`grep -Eo '[0-9]\.[0-9].\.[0-9]' /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec | head -1` && \
    curl -Lo hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run && \
    curl -Lo hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run.asc https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run.asc && \
    mv hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.* /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/

RUN echo "Building hplip-plugin RPM" && \
    cd /root/rpmbuild && \

    # Confirm that the file exists
    ls -lh /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec && \
    rpmbuild -bb /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec

RUN ls /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-*-1.x86_64.rpm && \
    HPLIP_VERSION=`ls /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-*-1.x86_64.rpm | grep -Eo '[0-9]\.[0-9].\.[0-9]'` && \
    mv /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-${HPLIP_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-latest-1.x86_64.rpm

### 2. SOURCE IMAGE
## this is a standard Containerfile FROM using the build ARGs above to select the right upstream image
FROM ghcr.io/ublue-os/${SOURCE_IMAGE}${SOURCE_SUFFIX}:${SOURCE_TAG}
ENV OS_VERSION=41

# Copy build artifact
# ARG HPLIP_VERSION="3.24.4" # HPLIP version that's used
COPY --from=builder /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-latest-1.x86_64.rpm /tmp

### 3. MODIFICATIONS
## make modifications desired in your image and install packages by modifying the build.sh script
## the following RUN directive does all the things required to run "build.sh" as recommended.

COPY build.sh /root/build.sh

RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/alternatives && \
    /root/build.sh && \
    ostree container commit

# Build HP plugin
FROM fedora-minimal:38 as builder

# Install build tools
RUN dnf5 install -y git rpmdevtools crudini

# Prepare build directory
RUN rpmdev-setuptree && \

    # Download the .spec for building an RPM
    git clone 'https://gitlab.com/greysector/rpms/hplip-plugin.git' && \
    mv hplip-plugin/hplip-plugin.spec /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/ && \
    mv hplip-plugin/* /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/ && \
 
    # Download HP's plugins and move it to SOURCES
    HPLIP_VERSION=`grep -Eo '[0-9]\.[0-9].\.[0-9]' /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec | head -1` && \
    curl -Lo hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run && \
    curl -Lo hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run.asc https://www.openprinting.org/download/printdriver/auxfiles/HP/plugins/hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.run.asc && \
    mv hplip-${HPLIP_VERSION}-plugin.* /root/rpmbuild/SOURCES/

RUN echo "Building hplip-plugin RPM" && \
    cd /root/rpmbuild && \

    # Confirm that the file exists
    ls -lh /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec && \
    rpmbuild -bb /root/rpmbuild/SPECS/hplip-plugin.spec

RUN ls /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-*-1.x86_64.rpm && \
    HPLIP_VERSION=`ls /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-*-1.x86_64.rpm | grep -Eo '[0-9]\.[0-9].\.[0-9]'` && \
    mv /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-${HPLIP_VERSION}-1.x86_64.rpm /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-latest-1.x86_64.rpm

### 2. SOURCE IMAGE
## this is a standard Containerfile FROM using the build ARGs above to select the right upstream image
FROM ghcr.io/ublue-os/${SOURCE_IMAGE}${SOURCE_SUFFIX}:${SOURCE_TAG}
ENV OS_VERSION=41

# Copy build artifact
# ARG HPLIP_VERSION="3.24.4" # HPLIP version that's used
COPY --from=builder /root/rpmbuild/RPMS/x86_64/hplip-plugin-latest-1.x86_64.rpm /tmp

### 3. MODIFICATIONS
## make modifications desired in your image and install packages by modifying the build.sh script
## the following RUN directive does all the things required to run "build.sh" as recommended.

COPY build.sh /root/build.sh

RUN mkdir -p /var/lib/alternatives && \
    /root/build.sh && \
    ostree container commit

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:56 AM

Here's a snippet from my containerfile if anyone's curious

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:56 AM

It's very scuffed but it works

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 5:57 AM

Some lines are commented because I don't use them anymore

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Kyle Gospo•4/28/25, 7:16 AM

Build an RPM in distrobox and then layer it

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Kyle Gospo•4/28/25, 7:16 AM

No need for a custom image

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Marcus LeeOP•4/28/25, 9:09 AM

Hmm, if that's possible...
I wonder if we can set up a ujust script for that

hplip-plugin compatibility

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