Help to install Brother printer/scanner please

Linux Support
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My trusty old HP workhorse has finally given up the ghost and I have been given a Brother DCP J-315W.
I’m running Mint 13.

I have found Linux installation instructions on the Brother support page:

[b][i]Step1. Download the tool.(linux-brprinter-installer-..-.gz)
The tool will be downloaded into the default “Download” directory.
(The directory location varies depending on your Linux distribution.)
e.g. /home/(LoginName)/Download
Step2. Open a terminal window and go to the directory you downloaded the file to in the last step.
Step3. Enter this command to extract the downloaded file:
Command: gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-..-.gz
Step4. Get superuser authorization with the “su” command or “sudo su” command.
Step5. Run the tool:
Command: bash linux-brprinter-installer-..- Brother machine name
e.g. bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1 MFC-J880DW
Step6. The driver installation will start. Follow the installation screen directions.

When you see the message “Will you specify the DeviceURI ?”,
For USB Users: Choose N(No)
For Network Users: Choose Y(Yes) and DeviceURI number.
The install process may take some time. Please wait until it is complete.
[/i][/b]
Forgive me if I sound dim.
In step 2 does it mean to find the file name?

Step 3. I enter gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1.gz and get No such file or directory.

What am I not doing or doing wrong?

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It is most likely have been downloaded to your Downloads folder
You could try to go to that folder (in the Terminal)

cd ~/Downloads

then list files residing there with

ls

if you see linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1.gz listed then

gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1.gz

then become root

sudo su

then

bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1 DCP-J315W

The driver installation will start. Follow the installation screen directions.

3

Thanks for answering Sezo.

When I enter the commands you’ve given and found the file,

libplds4.so
libsmime3.so
libsoftokn3.chk
libsoftokn3.so
libssl3.so
libxul.so
linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1
linux-brprinter-installer-2.1 (1).1-1.gz

I get the following

tanya@VGN-NS30E-S ~/Downloads $ gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1.gz
gzip: linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1.gz: No such file or directory
tanya@VGN-NS30E-S ~/Downloads $ gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1.gz
gzip: linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1.gz: No such file or directory
tanya@VGN-NS30E-S ~/Downloads $

4

For some reason you have a different ending file name
do

cd ~/Downloads

then either

gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.1 (1).1-1.gz

or (as you already have the extracted version) just go straight to the next step:

sudo su

then

bash linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1 DCP-J315W
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Second command contains a whitespace, so you’d need to enclose the filename in quotation marks … as in:

gunzip "linux-brprinter-installer-2.1 (1).1-1.gz"

But as SeZo suggests, you seem to have already extracted the files, so just run:

cd ~/Downloads

then

sudo su

then

chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1

then

./linux-brprinter-installer-2.1.1-1  DCP-J315W
6

Thanks very much to both of you. It’s now up and running. :smiley:

7

Great news :slight_smile: