Step-by-step – Brother Printer Installation in Pop!_OS

April 6, 2021 | 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 Pop!_OS 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:

    cd $HOME/Downloads

    Check the Script is there with:

    ls |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.
    |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.
    The grep Command refine the output List showing only the Entries matching the Keyword.

    (But if downloaded with Firefox it may instead into the /tmp/mozilla* directory)
    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!
    How to Install Brother Printer in Pop!_OS Terminal
    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:

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