brother-mfc-7840w on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: June 26,2024

1. Install "brother-mfc-7840w" 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-mfc-7840w on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                brother-mfc-7840w
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall brother-mfc-7840w on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                brother-mfc-7840w
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "brother-mfc-7840w" 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-mfc-7840w's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brother-mfc-7840w.git 
            
                        
                ~/brother-mfc-7840w
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/brother-mfc-7840w folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/brother-mfc-7840w
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brother-mfc-7840w package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 437958
Name: brother-mfc-7840w
PackageBaseID: 56167
PackageBase: brother-mfc-7840w
Version: 2.0.2-4
Description: CUPS driver for Brother MFC-7840W printer
URL: http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/bsc/public_s/id/linux/en/index.html
NumVotes: 2
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: niq000
Submitter: cra
FirstSubmitted: 1327673285
LastModified: 1503506442
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brother-mfc-7840w.tar.gz