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cups package

Need help with Brother MFC-7840 W cups

Asked by bogdan

I can't complete " cups" installation:
bogdan@bogdan-laptop:~$ sudo dpkg -i cupswrapperMFC7840W-2.0.2-1.i386.deb
(Reading database ... 142871 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to replace cupswrappermfc7840w 2.0.2-1 (using cupswrapperMFC7840W-2.0.2-1.i386.deb) ...
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]
Unpacking replacement cupswrappermfc7840w ...
Setting up cupswrappermfc7840w (2.0.2-1) ...
/usr/local/Brother/cupswrapper/cupswrapperMFC7840W-2.0.2: 66: cannot create /usr/share/cups/model/MFC7840W.ppd: Directory nonexistent
chmod: cannot access `/usr/share/cups/model/MFC7840W.ppd': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/cups/model/MFC7840W.ppd': No such file or directory
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]

bogdan@bogdan-laptop:~$ lpadmin: No such file or directory

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#1

Be sure the deb package is fro your Ubuntu release the please try to install the deb package from plain root to have a plain root access type:

sudo -i

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bogdan (bg-rayservers) said : 		#2

Same problem...Unpacking replacement cupswrappermfc7840w ...
Setting up cupswrappermfc7840w (2.0.2-1) ...
/usr/local/Brother/cupswrapper/cupswrapperMFC7840W-2.0.2: 66: cannot create /usr/share/cups/model/MFC7840W.ppd: Directory nonexistent
chmod: cannot access `/usr/share/cups/model/MFC7840W.ppd': No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `/usr/share/cups/model/MFC7840W.ppd': No such file or directory
 * Restarting Common Unix Printing System: cupsd [ OK ]

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#3

From which site have you downloaded the deb package.

Then please also get the result of this terminal command:

lsb_release -rd

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bogdan (bg-rayservers) said : 		#4

lsb_release -rd
Description: Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
Release: 10.04

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marcobra (Marco Braida) (marcobra) said : 		#5

From which site have you downloaded the deb package..?

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