brother-mfc-l5900dw on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: December 25,2024

1. Install "brother-mfc-l5900dw" 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-l5900dw on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -S
            
                        
                brother-mfc-l5900dw
            
                    
    
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* (Optional) Uninstall brother-mfc-l5900dw on Arch using YAY


    
        
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                yay -Rns
            
                        
                brother-mfc-l5900dw
            
                    
    
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2. Manually Install "brother-mfc-l5900dw" 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-l5900dw's git locally


    
        
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                git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/brother-mfc-l5900dw.git 
            
                        
                ~/brother-mfc-l5900dw
            
                    
    
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c. Go to ~/brother-mfc-l5900dw folder and install it


   
    
        
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                cd
            
                        
                ~/brother-mfc-l5900dw
            
                    
    
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                makepkg -si
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the brother-mfc-l5900dw package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 1058152
Name: brother-mfc-l5900dw
PackageBaseID: 146832
PackageBase: brother-mfc-l5900dw
Version: 2:3.5.1-1
Description: LPR and CUPS driver for the Brother MFC-L5900DW
URL: http://solutions.brother.com/linux/en_us/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: monkeynaleo
Submitter: monkeynaleo
FirstSubmitted: 1574380766
LastModified: 1648497110
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/brother-mfc-l5900dw.tar.gz