![]() ![]() Type your password (no asterisk feedback) for sudo prompt and hit Enter to continue.Ģ.) To install the ScanGear MP driver, run command: sudo apt install scangearmp2 When it opens, run command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thierry-f/fork-michael-gruz Open terminal either by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard or by searching for ‘terminal’ from system application menu. Thanks to Thierry Ordissimo, the guy maintains an Ubuntu PPA that contains official Canon drivers for Linux. That ofcourse also has the added benefit of offering a genuine Ubuntu/Debian package instead of doing a rather messy (but functional) 'sudo make install' for files that are inside different packages in the repos, i.e.libgutenprint2 and printer-driver-gutenprint.Looking for Linux drives of Canon printers and multifunction devices? Here’s easy way to install the ScanGear MP2, Cnijfilter2, and UFRII drivers in Ubuntu 20.04 via PPA. ![]() So to get around that it is advised to wait untill the PPA build will be available, which shouldn't be long. configure -disable-test -enable-maintainer-mode -without-doc in this case.īuilding succeeded on a 13.10 machine but on irc it was discovered that people on 12.04 (and potentially 12.10 and people still on 13.04) are seeing errors pertaining to libusb. Autogen has already been done, so step 2. tar.bz2 file located at the above steps need 1 small change. The above instructions assumed that you downloaded the tarball from CVS at. Expected time-frame: and everyone who wants to build from the gutenprint 5.2.10-pre1 tarball: We'll update this thread as soon as the builds are completed. Thanks.Ī very kind and knowledgeable helper on #ubuntu is preparing gutenprint 5.2.10-pre1 in a PPA. ![]() ![]() I apologize as I know this is incredibly basic, but any help would be much appreciated. I got step 1, but where do i need to cd into in order to accomplish step 2? I've locate three different gutenprint folders, none of which have "print" as a directory inside. Thank you very much for this step-by-step. optional: run gimp and check the availability/test of the gutenprint driver open CUPS interface at and add the pixma mg2520 printer if not already present:ħ. autogen.sh -disable-test -enable-maintainer-mode -without-docĦ. configure the source (inside the extracted gutenprint/print dir): $ sudo apt-get install libgutenprint-dev libgimp2.0-dev libijs-dev libgs-dev foomatic-db-gutenprintĢ. check for needed/wanted dependencies before building: Short overview of the routine to build the gutenprint 5.2.10 driver from source:ġ. Īlso try to ask official Canon email support () which specific other linux driver is available/usable for the pixma mg2520, explaining this unfortunate situation.īest of luck and as always #ubuntu on irc is there to assist in further attempts to get these machines working. I suggest contacting the maintainer of the PPA through its launchpad page to report this. People looking for a Canon driver for pixma mg2520 are left in the unfortunate situation that neither the manufacturer nor the PPA can offer a solution. It offers cndrvcups-common (Canon Printer Driver Common Modules) but this package is only available for amd64 ubuntu's and has an unsatisfiable dependency against cndrvcups-common-32, which is only available as i386, effectively rendering both as uninstallable on both 32bit and 64bit OS'es. While trying to assist jose23 on #ubuntu () it was discovered that the PPA offering Canon Printer Drivers () isn't usable in its present state. ![]()
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