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@hcjl I'm seeing the build error on x86_64 as well. After digging into it, I found that the issue is due to CMake 4.0 changing the allowable values for specifying the minimum CMake version. I've created a pull request upstream:

https://github.com/Owl-Maintain/brlaser/pull/43

In the meantime, you can apply the following patch to get it working (tested and confirmed on my system):

diff -ura brlaser-6.2.7.orig/CMakeLists.txt brlaser-6.2.7.new/CMakeLists.txt
--- brlaser-6.2.7.orig/CMakeLists.txt
+++ brlaser-6.2.7.new/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.1)
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.5)
 project(Owl-Maintain/brlaser CXX)
 set(BRLASER_VERSION "6.2.7")

If it works for others, maybe we could get this patch added to the current AUR package (until the next version - 6.2.8 - is released)?

@silensys https://github.com/Owl-Maintain/brlaser/wiki/Installing-brlaser

I should have mentioned my sources, my apologies for disturbing you.

@Jzavrk there is no such thing on the wiki, please don't spread misleading information, thank you.

As mentioned in wiki:

Note to Packagers:

Please declare ghostscript as an explicit runtime dependency. This is essential for the proper functioning of brlaser and reduces user confusion if the package is missing from their system.

Hey zoof, makepkg on armv7h aborts with the following error:

==> Making package: brlaser 6.2.7-1 (Tue Apr  8 14:40:39 2025)
==> Checking runtime dependencies...
==> Checking buildtime dependencies...
==> Retrieving sources...
  -> Found v6.2.7.tar.gz
==> Validating source files with sha512sums...
    v6.2.7.tar.gz ... Passed
==> Extracting sources...
  -> Extracting v6.2.7.tar.gz with bsdtar
==> Removing existing $pkgdir/ directory...
==> Starting build()...
CMake Error at CMakeLists.txt:1 (cmake_minimum_required):
  Compatibility with CMake < 3.5 has been removed from CMake.

  Update the VERSION argument <min> value.  Or, use the <min>...<max> syntax
  to tell CMake that the project requires at least <min> but has been updated
  to work with policies introduced by <max> or earlier.

  Or, add -DCMAKE_POLICY_VERSION_MINIMUM=3.5 to try configuring anyway.


-- Configuring incomplete, errors occurred!
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...

cmake version is 4.0.0-1. The brlaser-git does not build as well. It would be great, if you could have a look at that.

Thx & Cheers, hcjl

As the main branch has been unresponsive for a while, we might want to consider updating this package to the following fork:

https://github.com/Owl-Maintain/brlaser

With my Brother HL-L2320D printer, I received a CUPS state on a print job of "Unable to launch Ghostscript: gs: No such file or directory". Installing ghostscript "sudo pacman -S ghostscript" remediated this issue. Suggest potentially adding "ghostscript" as an optional source?

I am able to get my Brother HL-L2370DW working with the HL-L2360D driver that was bundled with this. Works like a charm, thanks!

The description is "CUPS driver for the Brother DCP-7065DN", but it should be "Driver for Brother laser printers" (source)

If anyone (like me) is having problems where the printer silently fails to print, switching to the brlaser-git AUR package fixes it. The author of brlaser hasn't tagged a new release in a while, so the latest release (v6) doesn't include the commit https://github.com/pdewacht/brlaser/commit/9d7ddda8383bfc4d205b5e1b49de2b8bcd9137f1 that fixes this issue.

For Google-ability, I had this issue on a Brother HL-L2300D series printer.