How To Install printer-driver-brlaser on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-brlaser on Ubuntu.

What is `printer-driver-brlaser`

printer-driver-brlaser is:

CUPS filter driver supporting (some) Brother laser printer.

This driver has been reported to work with these printers:

Brother DCP-1510
Brother DCP-1602
Brother DCP-7030
Brother DCP-7040
Brother DCP-7055
Brother DCP-7055W
Brother DCP-7060D
Brother DCP-7065DN
Brother DCP-7080
Brother DCP-L2500D
Brother DCP-L2540DW
Brother HL-1110 series
Brother HL-1200 series
Brother HL-L2300D series
Brother HL-L2320D series
Brother HL-L2340D series
Brother HL-L2360D series
Brother MFC-1910W
Brother MFC-7240
Brother MFC-7360N
Brother MFC-7365DN
Brother MFC-7840W
Brother MFC-L2710DW
Lenovo M7605D This package contains the CUPS filter driver for the supported laser printers.

There are three methods to install printer-driver-brlaser on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install printer-driver-brlaser Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-brlaser using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install printer-driver-brlaser

Install printer-driver-brlaser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-brlaser using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install printer-driver-brlaser

Install printer-driver-brlaser Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install printer-driver-brlaser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install printer-driver-brlaser

How To Uninstall printer-driver-brlaser on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the printer-driver-brlaser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove printer-driver-brlaser

Uninstall printer-driver-brlaser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall printer-driver-brlaser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove printer-driver-brlaser

Remove printer-driver-brlaser Configurations and Data

To remove printer-driver-brlaser configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge printer-driver-brlaser

Remove printer-driver-brlaser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove printer-driver-brlaser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge printer-driver-brlaser

Dependencies

printer-driver-brlaser have the following dependencies:

References

printer-driver-brlaser website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install printer-driver-brlaser package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.