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Thymine

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Registered: 2017-03-14

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I have the souce code for a printer driver and I need to install it.

Hi everyone,

I'm trying to install a printer ( Brother DCP j132w ) but I can only find .deb and .rpm packages, with its respective source code. It contains C code, a ppd file and a wrapper. I've tried installing the ppd file in CUPS server but it doesn't work. I guess I have to build and install an AUR package using the C code, but my attempt hasn't been successfully at all.

Could anyone help me? I'm such a newbie.

PS: I've used yaourt and it doesn't exist any package for my printer model. I've installed a similar model's driver, but it is useless.

Lone_Wolf

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Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: I have the souce code for a printer driver and I need to install it.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pa … er_drivers

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Thymine

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Registered: 2017-03-14

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Re: I have the souce code for a printer driver and I need to install it.

I knew that link, but I don't understand which steps I have to make. What I've tried so far is to copy the example and change paths, but I haven't any patch or install file...

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 11,911

Re: I have the souce code for a printer driver and I need to install it.

The idea is that you check what the patch & install file in aur brother-hl2030 package do and replicate that behaviour for the rpm-file used by your printer.

If you want to try that yourself but need help, start a thread in "AUR Issues, Discussion & PKGBUILD Requests" (or ask for this thread to be moved there).

you should open with posting the PKGBUILD you are working on and the things you need help on.

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(A works at time B)  && (time C > time B ) ≠  (A works at time C)