How to Install Canon Scanner on Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS Easy Guide

May 5, 2018 | By thelinuxevangelist | Filed in: Tutorial.

Install Canon Scanner Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic

Welcome Xubuntu User! The Tutorial Shows You Step-by-Step How to Install Canon Scanner on Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS 32/64-bit GNU/Linux Desktop.

And to Install Xubuntu Bionic Canon Scanner it’s enough to Install the Canon Scanner Driver for Xubuntu Linux.

Finally, included you find instructions on How to Getting-Started with Canon Scanning on Xubuntu 18.04.

How to Install Canon Scanner on Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS -Featured

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

    How to Install Canon Scanner on Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS - Open Terminal

  2. Download Canon Scanners Linux Drivers:

    Canon ScanGear .deb 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”

  3. 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)

    How to Install Canon Scanner on Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS -File Manager

  4. Extract into the /tmp directory

    How to Install Canon Scanner on Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS -Extract
  5. Installing Canon Scanner Driver
    6. cd /tmp/scangear*
    sudo su -c "./install.sh"

    During installation You may be Asked to Connect & Power On your Scanner…
    How to Install Canon Scanner on Xubuntu 18.04 Bionic LTS -Installing
    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"

  6. How to Getting-Started with Scanning on Xubuntu Linux:

    Xubuntu Scanner Quick-Start

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