brother-mfc-7860dw on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "brother-mfc-7860dw" 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-7860dw on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S brother-mfc-7860dw

* (Optional) Uninstall brother-mfc-7860dw on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns brother-mfc-7860dw

2. Manually Install "brother-mfc-7860dw" 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-7860dw's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brother-mfc-7860dw.git ~/brother-mfc-7860dw

c. Go to ~/brother-mfc-7860dw folder and install it

$ cd ~/brother-mfc-7860dw $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the brother-mfc-7860dw package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 437483
Name: brother-mfc-7860dw
PackageBaseID: 66775
PackageBase: brother-mfc-7860dw
Version: 2.1.0-4
Description: LPR and CUPSwrapper driver for the Brother MFC-7860DW.
URL: http://support.brother.com/g/b/producttop.aspx?c=us_ot&lang=en&prod=mfc7860dw_all
NumVotes: 7
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: WoefulDerelict
Submitter: post-factum
FirstSubmitted: 1359449326
LastModified: 1503343366
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brother-mfc-7860dw.tar.gz