How to Install Canon MX490 Series Scanner Driver on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS Linux

October 31, 2017 | By thelinuxevangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

Install Canon MX490 Series Scanner Ubuntu 16.04

Welcome Ubuntu User! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How to Install the Canon MX490 Scanner Driver and Quick-Start Scanning on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial Xerus LTS 32/64-bit GNU/Linux Desktop.

Included in the Canon MX490 Scanner Installation Tutorial for Ubuntu You find also detailed instructions to Getting-Started with Canon Printing on Ubuntu.

The Canon PIXMA MX490 Printers Series Includes the following Models: PIXMA MX491, PIXMA MX492, PIXMA MX493, PIXMA MX494, PIXMA MX495, PIXMA MX496, PIXMA MX497, PIXMA MX498, PIXMA MX499.

Install Canon MX490 Scanner Driver on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial - Featured

Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Download Canon MX490 Linux Scanner Driver:

Canon MX490 .deb Driver

Canon MX490 Drivers.

Select the MX490 Series Scanner .deb Driver.
Open a File Manager Window
Go to Home > Downloads
Double-Click on Scanner Driver
Extract into the /tmp directory
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 Look:Solution

Install the Canon Packages with:

cd /tmp/scangearmp-*-deb/packages

For 32-bit Systems:

sudo gdebi ./*i386.deb

For 64-bit Systems:

sudo gdebi ./*amd64.deb

Installing Canon Scanner Driver

cd /tmp/scangearmp-*-deb

sudo ./install.sh

Getting-Started Scanning on Ubuntu:

Ubuntu Scanner Quick-Start

Ubuntu Scanner Quick-Start.