I'm trying to install either a .deb or .rpm driver for a Canon MF212w printer. Unfortunately since CachyOS is an Arch-based OS it lacks a straightforward way to go with the installation. I checked out a few different tutorials on Youtube but they all basically say to not do it their way since it could work but at the cost of messing up some dependencies. Is there a safe way to install either version of this program without damaging any other files or directories?
~/Downloads/linux-UFRII-drv-v620-us/x64/RPM
❯ ls -l
.rw-r--r-- 7.5M admin 4 Jun 22:56 cnrdrvcups-ufr2-us-6.20-1.01.x86_64.rpm
~/Downloads/linux-UFRII-drv-v620-us/x64/Debian
❯ ls -l
.rw-r--r-- 7.6M admin 4 Jun 22:56 cnrdrvcups-ufr2-us_6.20-1.01_amd64.deb
I meant that I found it weird that you don't know what a tarball is but use an arch based distro. Most people using a highly configurable system like that would have some experience under their belt and already know about tarballs.
More power to you though. I guess learning on the fly can be fun but I would recommend getting a linux book for basics like this. This probably won't be the last time you have to compile something from source.