Brother MFC L2700DW an MX-Linux libsane-extras

[Ralf Mardorf]

Hi,

auf Deutsch, das Paket gibt es offen sichtlich nicht mehr, die lange
Antwort in englischer Sprache: 

Hi,

On Thu, 2023-08-31 at 20:14 +0200, Norbert Nowicki wrote:
> sudo apt-get install -y libsane-extras
                       ^^The computer god has been kind to you and
                         that's why this package just doesn't exist.
                         Next time APT::Get::Assume-Yes might damage
                         your install

Such a package doesn't exist. Maybe those "extras" are merged into the
main branch, maybe there's another reason, consider to read changelogs.

https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/sane-backends
https://packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=sane&searchon=names&suite=kinetic&section=all

You probably want one of those packages:

libsane-common
libsane1 (a transitional package, actually for libsane)
sane-utils

Actually a package libsane-extra is also not available for Debian, so
this and similar hints are not useful:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1414061/e-unable-to-locate-package-libsane-extras

Btw. to get English output you can run

LANG=C sudo apt-get install packagename
LANG=C sudo apt install packagename

With very few exceptions, Assume-Yes should be avoided. The best way I
can imagine using this option is in a long shell script that tests for
adversity beforehand. Using it interactively in the command line makes
no sense, but poses a risk.

Regards,
Ralf