Hello Folks.
As part of troubleshooting my usb printer problem, I thought I would
reinstall the lpr driver and cups wrapper that Brother provides on their
site. I'm not sure the sequence of events but the result is that the
printer is no longer displayed in CUPS and this is what I get when I try
and install the two drivers:
marvin:/home/testermike/brother# dpkg -i mfc240clpr-1.0.0-9.i386.deb
Selecting previously deselected package mfc240clpr.
(Reading database ... 95213 files and directories currently installed.)
Unpacking mfc240clpr (from mfc240clpr-1.0.0-9.i386.deb) ...
Setting up mfc240clpr (1.0.0-9) ...
mkdir: cannot create directory `/var/spool/lpd/mfc240c': No such file or
directory
chown: cannot access `/var/spool/lpd/mfc240c': No such file or directory
chgrp: cannot access `/var/spool/lpd/mfc240c': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `/var/spool/lpd/mfc240c': No such file or directory
marvin:/home/testermike/brother# dpkg -i --force-all
mfc240ccupswrapper-1.0.0-9.i386.deb
(Reading database ... 95228 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace mfc240ccupswrapper 1.0.0-9 (using
mfc240ccupswrapper-1.0.0-9.i386.deb) ...
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mfc240ccupswrapper.prerm: line 3:
/usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc240c/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc240c: No
such file or directory
dpkg: warning - old pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
dpkg - trying script from the new package instead ...
/var/lib/dpkg/tmp.ci/prerm: line 3:
/usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc240c/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc240c: No
such fileor directory
dpkg: error processing mfc240ccupswrapper-1.0.0-9.i386.deb (--install):
subprocess new pre-removal script returned error exit status 127
/var/lib/dpkg/info/mfc240ccupswrapper.postinst: line 3:
/usr/local/Brother/Printer/mfc240c/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfc240c: No
such file or directory
dpkg: error while cleaning up:
subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 127
Errors were encountered while processing:
mfc240ccupswrapper-1.0.0-9.i386.deb
marvin:/home/testermike/brother#
brother advise that the lpr driver be installed before the wrapper.
I think what I should do is remove all files of the two packages but do
not know where to start.
TIA
Mike
