On Sun 27 Sep 2020 at 13:09:02 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > On 09/27/2020 12:44 PM, Brian wrote: > > On Sun 27 Sep 2020 at 11:01:42 -0400, Stephen P. Molnar wrote: > > > > > I followed your suggestion, extracted the deb and copied the files to > > > /opt/brother/scanner. However, sudo apt purge brscan4 I got: > > > > > > comp@AbNormal:~/Downloads/Brother/tmp$ sudo apt purge brscan4 > > > [sudo] password for comp: > > > Reading package lists... Done > > > Building dependency tree > > > Reading state information... Done > > > E: The package brscan4 needs to be reinstalled, but I can't find an > > > archive > > > for it. > > Let's assume /opt/brother/scanner is a typo and have a glance at > > dpkg(1). > > > > reinstreq > > A package marked reinstreq is broken and requires reinstallation. > > These packages cannot be removed, unless forced with option > > --force-remove-reinstreq. > > > > And later in the manual: > > > > remove-reinstreq: Remove a package, even if it's broken and marked to > > require reinstallation. This may, for example, cause parts of the > > package to remain on the system, which will then be forgotten by dpkg. > > > > We could try removing the reinstall request status from the package with > > > > sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq brscan4 > > > > and then have a go at > > > > sudo dpkg -P brscan4 > > > Halla...bloody...ulla! It worked!!
Splendid! > sudo apt update and sudo apt upgrade worked without a burp or any warnings > or errors. > > If you ever need any molecular modeling done give me a hollar. That I can do > without nearly as many problems. Npthing to do with your issue, but what is your Brother model? -- Brian.
