Hi
I’m trying to install drivers for Brother MFC8500 on an openSUSE 11, I got the 2 RPM files from the support web site. mfc8500lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.rpm and cupswrapperMFC8500-1.0.2-1.i386.rpm.
cupswrapperMFC8500-1.0.2-1.i386.rpm will not install, it wants lpr, mfc8500lpr-1.1.2-1.i386.rpm will not install, it breaks because it lacks access to .gvfs
Any ideas? Thanks, David L.
You need install the following packages:
cups-client
gvfs
gvfs-backends
easy way- as root on the command line:
zypper in cups-client gvfs gvfs-backends
good luck
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welcome to Suse forums, DavidLen;
greenmachine has given all the information hopefully to get you up and running
the Brother website advises to install the lpr before the cups, as you set out to do; interesting to hear it will not install the cups if the lpr is not already installed;
Brother also advise a preinstall step before the lpr driver is installed; it is prerequired procedure no3 on this page;
Brother Solutions Center : Brother Driver for Linux Distributions
ubuntu needs more steps; rpm only needs this single one:
Creating a symbolic link is required before the installation
ln -s /etc/init.d/cups /etc/init.d/lpd
don’t know if it is crucial; brother advise it
looks like you need the brscan driver for the scanner section of your MFC-8500 Brother printer on OpenSuse installation; are you 32 bit of 64bit?
interested to hear how all the functions go
all best wishes