Hi I am still struggling toget my printer to work in ubuntu 10.04
printer brother mfc j615w thanks to the guys on the #ubuntu-uk irc channel i was given the following site https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cups/+question/145783 this is a copy of ALL the output i get from the 2nd script on the page (first one also failed) psutton@E-machine:~$ mkdir ~/print; cd ~/print; wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; sudo dpkg -i ./mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; wget http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj615wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; sudo dpkg -i ./mfcj615wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb; sudo apt-get -f install; cd; rm -r ~/print --2011-12-22 00:00:39-- http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb Resolving www.brother.com... 82.71.193.242, 82.71.193.234 Connecting to www.brother.com|82.71.193.242|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily Location: http://pub.brother.com/pub/com/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb [following] --2011-12-22 00:00:40-- http://pub.brother.com/pub/com/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb Resolving pub.brother.com... 82.71.193.240, 82.71.193.233 Connecting to pub.brother.com|82.71.193.240|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 1897116 (1.8M) [text/plain] Saving to: `mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb' 100%[======================================>] 1,897,116 819K/s in 2.3s 2011-12-22 00:00:42 (819 KB/s) - `mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb' saved [1897116/1897116] [sudo] password for psutton: (Reading database ... 286276 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mfcj615wlpr 1.1.1-1 (using ./mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb) ... Unpacking replacement mfcj615wlpr ... dpkg: warning: subprocess old post-removal script returned error exit status 5 dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ... dpkg: error processing ./mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb (--install): subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 5 dpkg: error while cleaning up: subprocess new post-removal script returned error exit status 5 Errors were encountered while processing: ./mfcj615wlpr-1.1.1-1.i386.deb --2011-12-22 00:00:49-- http://www.brother.com/pub/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj615wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb Resolving www.brother.com... 82.71.193.234, 82.71.193.242 Connecting to www.brother.com|82.71.193.234|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 302 Moved Temporarily Location: http://pub.brother.com/pub/com/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj615wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb [following] --2011-12-22 00:00:50-- http://pub.brother.com/pub/com/bsc/linux/dlf/mfcj615wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb Resolving pub.brother.com... 82.71.193.240, 82.71.193.233 Connecting to pub.brother.com|82.71.193.240|:80... connected. HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK Length: 13548 (13K) [text/plain] Saving to: `mfcj615wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb' 100%[======================================>] 13,548 --.-K/s in 0.04s 2011-12-22 00:00:50 (316 KB/s) - `mfcj615wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb' saved [13548/13548] (Reading database ... 286276 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to replace mfcj615wcupswrapper 1.1.1-1 (using .../mfcj615wcupswrapper-1.1.1-1.i386.deb) ... cups stop/waiting cups start/running, process 23389 Unpacking replacement mfcj615wcupswrapper ... dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of mfcj615wcupswrapper: mfcj615wcupswrapper depends on mfcj615wlpr; however: Package mfcj615wlpr is not installed. dpkg: error processing mfcj615wcupswrapper (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: mfcj615wcupswrapper Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: The package mfcj615wlpr needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it. Can someone please help as Windows has screwed up AGAIN and I need to be able to print thanks Paul -- -- http://www.zleap.net Join the revolution, switch to Ubuntu http://www.ubuntu.com -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
