How to Install Brother Printer Parrot OS

Installing Driver

3. 3. Extracting Brother Printer Driver

   Then Extract into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click on Package and Open with Archive Manager:

   

   Or from Command Line:

   gunzip -c $HOME/Downloads/linux-brprinter-installer*.gz > /tmp/linux-brprinter-installer

4. 4. Installing Brother Printer Driver

   Then to Install Brother Printer Driver
   First, Access the Target with:

   cd /tmp

   Eventually to Check it’s there List the contents:

   ls . | grep brprinter

   The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
   Then give Execution Permission:

   chmod +x linux-brprinter-installer*

   Now to run the Installation Script play:

   sudo ./linux-brprinter-installer*

   In case of “CUPS is not installed” then to see How to Install it Here.

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   When Prompted Insert your Brother Printer Model!
   
   Then the Installer will Provide Automatically to Download and Install the Printer and potentially also the Scanner Drivers…
   Again following the CLI wizard, when Prompted about a Device URI:

   • For a USB Connection Simply Enter “n”!
   • For a Network Shared Connection Setup Go to: http://localhost:631/printers/
     Select the Printer
     Select “Modify Printer”
     Enter your sudo Username & Pass
     Select the Protocol and Continue…
     For Help see Instructions on: http://localhost:631/help/network.html