Install Canon Scanner Fedora 29
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Canon Scanner Scangear Driver on Fedora 29 GNU/Linux Desktops.
And to Install Fedora 29 Canon Scanner it’s enough to Download and Install the Canon Scanner Driver in Fedora.
Finally, Included in the GNU/Linux Desktops Canon Scanner Installation Tutorial you will find also Link to Guide for Quick Start with Canon Scanning on Fedora.
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Download Canon Printer/Scanner Fedora Drivers
Search for “linux [myCanonModNumRounded]”
You may need to Round Down the Printer 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)
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Extract into the /tmp Directory.
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Installing Canon Scanner Driver
Access the Target location:cd /tmp/scangearmp-*-rpm
Run the Installation script:
sudo ./install.sh
During installation you may be Asked to Connect & Power On your Printer…
Now in case of Issue then try first to execute:cd /tmp/scangear*/packages
sudo su -c "yum install ./*.rpm"
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How to Get Started with Canon Scanning on GNU/Linux Desktops