On Thu, Oct 03, 2024 at 04:32:31PM -0400, Dan Purgert wrote:
On Oct 03, 2024, Stefan Monnier wrote:
1. (sudo) dpkg -i brscan4-0.4.11-1.amd64.deb
2. (sudo) apt-get update && apt-get -f install
Of course, such manual install of `.deb` files means that you won't
automatically get future updates, e.g. to fix security bugs.
Given our friends at Brother don't have any repositories at all, this is
somewhat a moot point.
To add insult to injury, such `.deb` files often contain proprietary code,
of course.
Nobody said Brother's printer/scanner driver was open source in the
first place.
Nevertheless, the reminders are spot-on, for potential buyers to
bear in mind. Informed consumers and that.