How to Install Required Packages for Canon Legacy Driver on Ubuntu 14.04

April 22, 2018 | By the+gnu+linux+evangelist.

Canon Legacy Driver Dependencies Installation Ubuntu 14.04

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Required Packages for Canon Printer Legacy Driver on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS GNU/Linux.

This because in origin the Canon Legacy Drivers has been made for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, and so we Need to Setup some of those Legacy Packages.

Finally, this Setup is valid for all the Ubuntu-based Distros like:

Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
Ctrl+Alt+t on Desktop
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
Then Install Trusty Packages.
```
sudo apt install libpango1.0-0 libpng12-0
```
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution

Add the Ubuntu Precise Extra Packages Repo.

sudo su -c "echo 'deb [trusted=yes] http://old-releases.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise main universe' 
> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extra.list"

apt update

Installing libtiff4.

apt install libtiff4:i386 libtiff4

apt -f install

Restore Ubuntu Trusty LTS Repo.

rm /etc/apt/sources.list.d/extra.list

apt update

exit

How to Install Canon Printers Driver on Ubuntu

Installed Canon Printer Driver

Canon Printer Ubuntu Driver.