brother-mfc-490cw on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 13,2024

1. Install "brother-mfc-490cw" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install brother-mfc-490cw on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S brother-mfc-490cw

* (Optional) Uninstall brother-mfc-490cw on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns brother-mfc-490cw

2. Manually Install "brother-mfc-490cw" via AUR

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

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone brother-mfc-490cw's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brother-mfc-490cw.git ~/brother-mfc-490cw

c. Go to ~/brother-mfc-490cw folder and install it

$ cd ~/brother-mfc-490cw $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the brother-mfc-490cw package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 247184
Name: brother-mfc-490cw
PackageBaseID: 103219
PackageBase: brother-mfc-490cw
Version: 1.1.2-2
Description: LPR and CUPS driver for the Brother MFC-490CW
URL: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer:
Submitter: ptrv
FirstSubmitted: 1447273865
LastModified: 1447274734
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brother-mfc-490cw.tar.gz