How to Get & Install Canon E500 Driver for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

November 2, 2016 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

Canon E500 Printer Quick Start for Ubuntu

You are Welcome! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How to Install the Canon E500 Printer Driver on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS 32/64-bit GNU/Linux Desktop.

And the Canon E500 Driver Installation procedure is Quick & Easy and simply involves the execution of some basic Commands on the Terminal Shell emulator.

Canon E500 Driver for Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial How to Get & Install - Featured

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

    Canon E500 Driver Installation Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial - Open Terminal

  2. Download Canon E500 Ubuntu Driver

    Canon E500 Deb Driver

  3. Then Extract Archive into the /tmp directory
    Eventually Double-Click/Right-Click & Open with Archive Manager in the File Manager

    Ubuntu Install Canon E500 Printer Driver - File Manager

  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. Changing to the Canon Target Directory:

    For 32-bit Systems:

    cd /tmp/*/32-bit*/Debian

    For 64-bit Systems:

    cd /tmp/*/64-bit*/Debian

  6. Installing Canon E500 Printer Driver:

    sudo gdebi ./*.deb

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