brother-hl1200 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 26,2024

1. Install "brother-hl1200" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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b. Install brother-hl1200 on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                brother-hl1200
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall brother-hl1200 on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                brother-hl1200
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "brother-hl1200" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:


    
        
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                sudo pacman -S --needed
            
                        
                base-devel git
            
                    
    
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b. Clone brother-hl1200's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brother-hl1200.git 
            
                        
                ~/brother-hl1200
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/brother-hl1200 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/brother-hl1200
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brother-hl1200 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 360218
Name: brother-hl1200
PackageBaseID: 117359
PackageBase: brother-hl1200
Version: 3.0.1-1
Description: Brother HL-1200 CUPS driver (based on the HL-1210W driver package). After installing this, connect the printer and install it from CUPS web interface (default localhost:631)
URL: http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=hl1202_us&os=127
NumVotes: 0
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: erickpires
Submitter: erickpires
FirstSubmitted: 1480189555
LastModified: 1480189555
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brother-hl1200.tar.gz