How to Quick-Start with Canon Scanners on Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial

January 8, 2017 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

Canon Scanners Quick Start for Xubuntu Linux

You are Welcome! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How to Install the Canon Scanners Driver and Quick Start Scanning on Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

Included in the Canon Scanners Quick Start Tutorial for Xubuntu Linux you find also detailed instructions on How to Getting-Started with Canon Scanning on Xubuntu.

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Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Download Canon Scanners Linux Drivers

Canon Scanners .rpm Driver

Get Canon ScanGear Scanner GNU/Linux Driver.

Search for “linux [myCanonModRounded]”
You Need to Round Down the Scanner Model Number As here Below…
Eg: for ‘mx472’ search for “linux mx470”
And for ‘MG2240’ search for “linux MG2200”
Confirm to Open with Archive Manager on Browser

Or after Double-Click/Right-Click on Scanner Driver

(When Downloaded with Firefox may be located in /tmp/mozilla* Dir)
Extract into the /tmp directory
Installing Canon Scanner Driver

cd /tmp/scangear*

sudo ./install.sh

During installation You may be Asked to Connect & Power On your Scanner…

Now if in the Output you find trace of some Missing Package then try first to execute:

cd /tmp/scangear*/packages

sudo su -c "apt-get install gdebi"

sudo su -c "gdebi ./*.deb"

How to Get Started Scanning on Xubuntu Linux

GNU/Linux Scanning Quick Start Guide

Ubuntu Scanner Quick Start.