How to Install Canon iX6840 Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS Driver Easy Guide

Printer Canon iX6840 Ubuntu Quick Start

You are Welcome! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Canon iX6840 PIXMA Printer Drivers on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS Desktop.

To install the Canon Ubuntu Driver is very simple, just follow the detailed instructions in the guide.

1. Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

2. Download Canon iX6840 Ubuntu Driver

   Canon iX6840 Printer Linux Driver

   Canon Scanner Quick Start.

3. Double-Click/Right-Click & Open with Archive Manager
   And Extract into the /tmp directory:

   

   Then Repeat also for the Included deb.tar.gz archive…

4. Checking/Installing GDebi Package Installer:

   which gdebi

   If Not there then:

   sudo apt-get install gdebi gdebi-core

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

5. Install the Canon Packages with:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*deb/packages

   For 32-bit Systems:

   sudo gdebi ./*i386.deb

   For 64-bit Systems:

   sudo gdebi ./*amd64.deb

   In case of Installation Issues see this Troubleshooting!

6. Installing Canon Printer Driver:

   cd /tmp/cnijfilter*

   Connect & Power On your Printer.

   sudo ./install.sh

   In case of Installation Issues see this Troubleshooting!