I removed dpkg Then I could install the rpm packages. It seems OK, except that the jobs are stocked in the queue!
> > > > > Date: Monday, August 23, 2021 15:50:27 +0200 > > From: Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> > > > >> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2021 at 3:40 PM > >> From: "Richard" > >> > >> > Date: Monday, August 23, 2021 15:24:11 +0200 > >> > From: Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> > >> >> > >> >> > Date: Monday, August 23, 2021 11:38:31 +0200 > >> >> > From: Patrick Dupre <pdu...@gmx.com> > >> >> > > >> >> > I am trying to install a printer/scanner Brother DCP-J132W. > >> >> > > >> >> ... > >> >> > > >> >> > When I run linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1 > >> >> > it want to install > >> >> > > >> >> > You are going to install following packages. > >> >> > dcpj132wlpr-3.0.0-1.i386.deb > >> >> > dcpj132wcupswrapper-3.0.0-1.i386.deb > >> >> > brscan4-0.4.10-1.amd64.deb > >> >> > brscan-skey-0.3.1-2.amd64.deb > >> >> > > >> >> > > >> >> > while I installed > >> >> > brscan4-0.4.10-1.x86_64 > >> >> > brscan-skey-0.3.1-2.x86_64 > >> >> > > >> >> > >> >> The Brother support website for that printer provides installer > >> >> and driver (including printer-specific) files for both Linux > >> >> (rpm) and (deb). If you select the rpm option, running > >> >> linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1 lists .rpm, rather than .deb, > >> >> files in the install dialog that you show. That will likely get > >> >> you further. > >> >> > >> > > >> > This is exactly what I have done. > >> > but, I linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.3-1 > >> > what to install .deb !! > >> > >> You have to make certain that you selected, and so it downloaded, > >> the rpm installer file. Both options show on that page. When I did > >> that a few minutes ago it worked as expected, giving me .rpm files > >> in the install dialog that matched what you show. > >> > > > Again > > This is exactly what I did. > > Anyway, could you send me the gzip file? > > Looking into the installer script -- it's the same file whether you > select rpm or deb on the download. If you look at the script you'll > see that it makes a selection based on the package manager(s) it > finds on your system -- looking first for "dpkg". > > if [ "$(which dpkg 2> /dev/null)" != '' ];then > PKG=deb > elif [ "$(which rpm 2> /dev/null)" != '' ];then > PKG=rpm > > Do you happen to have the dpkg package manager installed -- perhaps > from EPEL? If so, you should be able to modify the installer script > to alter that selection to make it give you the rpm package > installation options. [you may need to alter more than one thing - > that was the most obvious one.] > > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org > Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam on the list, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure
