Installing Driver
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2. Downloading
Download Canon Scanners Linux Drivers
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. Extracting
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)Then Extract into the /tmp Directory:
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4. Installing
Now to Install Canon Scanner Driver
First, access the Target directory with:cd /tmp/scangear*
And then Run the Installation Script:
sudo ./install.sh
During installation you may be Asked to Connect & Power On your Scanner…
Now in case of Issue then try first to execute:cd /tmp/scangear*/packages
sudo apt-get install gdebi gdebi-core
sudo gdebi ./*.deb
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