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Re: Problem with Synaptic

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On Friday 12 November 2021 07:30:36 Stephen P. Molnar wrote:

> On 11/11/2021 03:11 PM, Brian wrote:
> > On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 14:34:20 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> >> On 11/11/2021 02:06 PM, Brian wrote:
> >>> On Thu 11 Nov 2021 at 12:38:33 -0500, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
> >>>> I am running buster on my Linux platform.
> >>>>
> >>>> I have installed a new Brother Laser print using the current
> >>>> Brother Linux installer.
> >>>
> >>> The MFC-L2710DW is a modern device and is completely supported by
> >>> packages shipped with Debian 11 (bullseye). It is also completely
> >>> supported for printing via a wireless connection on buster.
> >>>
> >>> The packages needed for USB connections and scanning do not come
> >>> with buster but can easily be obtained from
> >>>
> >>>     https://github.com/alexpevzner/sane-airscan
> >>>
> >>> Do yourself a favour and read
> >>>
> >>>     https://wiki.debian.org/CUPSQuickPrintQueues
> >>>
> >>> A user with a device such as yours does not need proprietary,
> >>> non-free printing or scanning drivers in 2021.
> >>
> >> Very interesting. Thank you.
> >
> > Interesting indeed. Reaching for printing and scanning drivers,
> > whether free or non-free, is still a user's first thought. I
> > suppose one should work to tackle the issue you outline but
> > switching to driverless printing and scanning is a lot easier
> > and makes most problems involving drivers go away. Additionally,
> > it future-proofs the printing and scanning systems.
>
> This is the immediate problem that I need to fix:
>
> comp@AbNormal:~$ sudo apt upgrade
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an
> archive for it.
>
> sudo apt update ran without any problems.

Thats b'cuz the Brother installer puts all that stuff in /opt, and for 
the most part I havn't touched it in around 3 years. It has some tcp crc 
hiccups early on, but thats gone away a long time ago and for a cheap 
B&W brother lazer, and a huge MFC-J6920DW, it Just Works. And synaptic 
has not ever asked for my attention by fussing about it.

Cheers, Gene Heskett.
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Problem with Synaptic "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-11-11 18:40 +0100
  Re: Problem with Synaptic "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-11-11 19:20 +0100
    Re: Problem with Synaptic "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-11-11 19:40 +0100
  Re: Problem with Synaptic Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-11-11 20:10 +0100
    Re: Problem with Synaptic "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-11-11 20:40 +0100
      Re: Problem with Synaptic Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-11-11 21:20 +0100
        Re: Problem with Synaptic "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-11-11 22:10 +0100
        Re: Problem with Synaptic Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2021-11-12 13:40 +0100
          Re: Problem with Synaptic "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-11-12 14:10 +0100
            Re: Problem with Synaptic Eduardo M KALINOWSKI <eduardo@kalinowski.com.br> - 2021-11-12 14:30 +0100
          Re: Problem with Synaptic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-11-12 14:20 +0100
            Re: Problem with Synaptic Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2021-11-12 19:40 +0100
              Re: Problem with Synaptic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-11-12 20:30 +0100
        Re: Problem with Synaptic "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-11-12 13:40 +0100
          Re: Problem with Synaptic Gene Heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2021-11-12 14:20 +0100
          Re: Problem with Synaptic Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-11-12 20:10 +0100
            Re: Problem with Synaptic "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2021-11-13 16:00 +0100
              Re: Problem with Synaptic Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-11-13 17:40 +0100
                Re: Problem with Synaptic Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2021-11-13 21:00 +0100

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