Missing package() function brother mfc-j470dw

I can't install the printer driver brother mfc-j470dw from AUR: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-mfc-j470dw/
The aur is so odd, it is the latest version avalible on brother's website but is marked old.
The person i think confused mfc-j470dw with mfc-j4710dw as he mentions the correct model number in comments here: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/brother-mfc-j4510dw/
Anyways, if anyone knows how to fix the package please let me know.

Just another update, I found why there are three drivers for Brother printer, I had three ppd files:
lpinfo -m
/usr/share/cups/model/Brother/brother_mfcj470dw_printer_en.ppd
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcj470dw/cupswrapper/brother_mfcj470dw_printer_en.ppd
/usr/share/ppd/Brother/brother_mfcj470dw_printer_en.ppd
I realised to just extract the ppd file from the cups deb with bsdtar and remove a line in ppd file I am going to reinstall all and see if I can just use the ppd file and update.
edit: i see /usr/lib/cups/filter/brother_lpdwrapper_mfcj470dw points to /usr/share/cups/model/Brother/brother_mfcj470dw_printer_en.ppd and uses /opt/brother/Printers/mfcj470dw/inf/brmfcj470dwrc
so i guess all the lpr deb files in opt need to be extracted to /opt and and i need to edit
/opt/brother/Printers/mfcj470dw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfcj470dw file with sed or perl in this case
perl -i -pe 's#/etc/init.d#/etc/rc.d#g' cupswrappermfcj470dw
and /opt/brother/Printers/mfcj470dw/setupPrintcapij file
perl -i -pe 's#printcap\.local#printcap#g' setupPrintcapij
and then run /opt/brother/Printers/mfcj470dw/cupswrapper/cupswrappermfcj470dw file as root.
oh i also copied the /usr/bin/brprintconf_mfcj470dw file from deb package.
edit: just tested and it works really well.
Last edited by rehono (Today 05:53:58)

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