Step-by-step – Canon LBP Series Printer Capt Driver CentOS Installation

Setting Up

2. 2. Downloading Canon LBP Driver

   Download Canon LBP Driver Source for CentOS GNU/Linux

   Get Canon LBP Driver in CentOS

   Get Canon LBP Driver in CentOS

   Possibly, on Firefox Prompt Choose “Open with Archive Manager” or “Open with Files”:

   

3. 3. Extracting Canon LBP Driver

   Then Extract Canon LBP Driver into /tmp
   Possibly, Double-Click/Right-Click to Open with Archive Manager:

   

   Again it may need the Unzip Tool Installation with

   sudo apt install unzip

   Finally, to Decompress it on Command Line use:

   unzip -d /tmp ~/Downloads/captdriver*.zip

4. 4. Installing Dependencies

   Then to Install Packages Dependencies
   First, install the Development Tools, on CentOS 8.x/Stream-8 with:

   sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

   Further you may need also the C Libraries:

   sudo dnf groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"

   And then play:

   sudo apt install git cups-devel

   For CentOS 7 find out the above Equivalent YUM Commands…

5. 5. Installing Canon LBP Driver

   Then to Set up Canon LBP Driver on CentOS
   First, Access the Target, usually in the Downloads folder:

   cd /tmp/capt*

   Then Start by Configuring the Software with:

   autoreconf -i

   And:

   ./configure

   Again to Make it:

   make

   To Install it:

   sudo make install

   And finally, to Setup it Manually:

   sudo cp /usr/local/bin/rastertocapt /usr/lib/cups/filter/

   (In some System it may be instead into /usr/libexec/cups/filter)
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then Look: Solution
   Finally, store the PPD Files in a convenient location into the File System:

   sudo cp *.ppd /usr/share/ppd/custom/

   Thanks to Agalakhov!