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

Last updated: May 14,2024

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


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


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


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brother-mfc-7860dw.git 
            
                        
                ~/brother-mfc-7860dw
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/brother-mfc-7860dw folder and install it


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