On 12/11/2021 10:02, Stephen P. Molnar wrote:
Try downloading it again (since it's not part of the archives, it must be downloaded manually) and running 'apt install ./brscan4-......deb' (substituting the actual file name, naturally). The './' is necessary to tell apt it's a file name.I appreciate your reply. Here is what happened: comp@AbNormal:~/Desktop$ sudo apt install ./brscan4-0.4.10-1.i386.deb [sudo] password for comp: Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... DoneE: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an archive for it.
Yeah, that didn't work.You might try copying the .deb file to /var/cache/apt/archives and then trying something like 'apt -f install' to see if it picks the file.
If not, this like has some possible solutions: https://askubuntu.com/questions/88371/apt-synaptic-needs-to-reinstall-package-but-cant-find-the-archive-for-it (for another package, conincidentally also printer related). They seem to involve making apt/dpkg forget completely about the package. Backups are important here. (Well, they always are, but in this case they're even more important.)
If it works you can then try reinstalling it or going the "driverless" option.
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