On Oct 03, 2024, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 10:53:30 -0400, Dan Purgert wrote:
> > On Oct 03, 2024, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> > > When I ran linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.4-1 it downloaded:
> > > 
> > > > [...] $ sudo install brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb
> > > > [...]
> > 
> > Where on earth did you get that command from?
> > 
> > Last time I installed any of Brother's packages (last year, given file
> > timestamps ;) ), the download page came with a full set of instructions.
> > As I recall, they should boil down to essentially something like this:
> > 
> >   1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb
> >   2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install
> 
> That's the old way, yeah.  It should still work.
> 
> The newer way is:
> 
>     (sudo) apt-get update
>     (sudo) apt-get install ./brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb

Certainly a cleaner way, if it has missing dependencies. I'm gonna have
to remember that one when I get a new HDD for the laptop ... 

(I won't :) )

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