Printer driver installation issues

Installation
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Hi i’ve downloaded brothers drivers to the downloads folder and have tried several approaches to install these but nothing seems to work. Ant suggestions greatly appreciated.

Thanks Newby (Stephen)

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Hi @scarbines!
What is the file extension? .deb?
Can you provide the link to the download page?

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Thanks for the link to detailed instructions. I keep getting stuck in the early stage where ive downloaded the correct installer file to the Downloads file. I successfully change the directory to downloads. I type in “gunzip-linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.6-0.gz” and I get the response “no such file or directory”. Any thoughts?

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Yes I selected the .deb option.

The last set of instructions ive tried to follow are those suggested by fossfreedom listed below.

I always get hungup at the same point I successfully change the directory to downloads. I type in “gunzip-linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.6-0.gz” and I get the response “no such file or directory”. Any thoughts?

Im doing this from the root directory after changing it to Downloads. I must be doing something basic wrong but im so new to this I dont understand what it is. Cheers.

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With the command line look closely at what is being typed. gunzip is a command to uncompress the downloaded file linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.6-0.gz

There is a space between the command and the filename

I.e.

gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.6-0.gz
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You are right when I typed my reply to you I got it wrong but it was correct when I ran the code. Cheers Stephen

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just to make sure you are in the correct folder type

 pwd

what is the result?

Type

ls *.gz

What is the result?

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result for pwd = /home/stephen/Downloads

result for ls *.gz = linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.9-0.gz

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Look carefully at the results. Your filename is not what you have typed

Should be

gunzip linux-brprinter-installer-2.2.9-0.gz
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Hey Fossfreedom thanks for the assistance. The driver has now installed & is working brilliant.

Is there anything I should now do with the terminal window before using exit?

Thanks Stephen

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Nicely done!

Just close the terminal, either with exit or pressing the window x button in the titlebar.