Canon MP740 Driver Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial How to Install

Install Canon MP740 Printer Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Canon PIXMA MP740 Driver on Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS GNU/Linux Desktop.

Especially relevant: Canon has not released a proprietary MP568 Ubuntu 16.04 Driver.

So to Install Canon MP740 on Ubuntu we’ll make use of the Gutenprint suite Drivers release.

And Gutenprint is a Suite of Printer Drivers that may be Used with most common UNIX Print Spooling Systems, including CUPS, lpr, LPRng, or others.

1. First, Open Terminal Window
   Ctrl+Alt+t
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. Then Install Required Packages
   First, Update the Apt repositories:

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   sudo apt update

   And Setup the tools:

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   sudo apt install gcc libtool libssl-dev libc-dev 
   libjpeg-turbo8-dev libpng12-dev libtiff5-dev cups

3. Download GutenPrint Source for Linux

   Here GutenPrint Linux Source

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   Link to Download the Latest GutenPrint Source Archive for Linux.

   Grab the Latest gutenprint tar.bz2 file.

4. Next Double-Click on Archive
   And Extract into /tmp

   

   Or from Shell:

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   tar xvf ~/Downloads/gutenprint*.tar.bz2 -C /tmp

5. Finally, Install Gutenprint for Ubuntu.

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   cd /tmp/gutenprint*

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   ./configure

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   make clean

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   make

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   sudo make install

   The Installation will be Quickly Achieved in about 5 Minutes.
   For further Instructions and Details Look to the README File…