How to Install Brother Printer on Debian Bullseye

December 12, 2019 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Installing Driver

  1. 3. Extracting Brother Printer Driver

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

    How to Install Brother Printer in Debian Bullseye 11 Archive Extraction

    Or from Command Line:

    gunzip -c $HOME/Downloads/linux-brprinter-installer*.gz > /tmp/linux-brprinter-installer
  2. 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” issue 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!

    How to Install Brother Printer in Debian Bullseye 11 Terminal
    Then the Installer will Provide Automatically to Download and Install the Printer and potentially also the Scanner Drivers…
    Especially relevant: in case of Issue try first to Enable the 32-bit Architecture:

    sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

    Then make the needed Directory with:

    sudo mkdir -p /var/spool/lpd

    Again you can try to Grab all the .deb Packages as explained before in the Download Step.
    Then access the Target Folder, usually with:

    cd ~/Downloads

    To Check it’s there List the contents with:

    ls . | grep cupswrapper

    The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.
    But if you are in Trouble to Find the Location on Terminal then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.
    And last, Install them with:

    sudo apt install ./*br*.deb ./*cupswrapper*.deb ./*lpr*.deb

    Next Run again the Installation Script as in the beginning!
    Again following the CLI wizard, when Prompted about a Device URI:

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