brother-hl2040 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 23,2024

1. Install "brother-hl2040" 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-hl2040 on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                brother-hl2040
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall brother-hl2040 on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                brother-hl2040
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "brother-hl2040" 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-hl2040's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brother-hl2040.git 
            
                        
                ~/brother-hl2040
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/brother-hl2040 folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/brother-hl2040
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brother-hl2040 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 704354
Name: brother-hl2040
PackageBaseID: 99749
PackageBase: brother-hl2040
Version: 2.0.1-2
Description: Brother HL-2040 CUPS driver
URL: http://www.brother.com
NumVotes: 3
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severach
Submitter: lonaowna
FirstSubmitted: 1441965074
LastModified: 1583457856
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brother-hl2040.tar.gz