Step-by-step – Canon Scanner Installation in MX Linux

Installing Driver

3. 3. Downloading Canon Scanner Driver

   Download Canon Scanners GNU/Linux Drivers

   Canon ScanGear .deb Driver

   Get Canon ScanGear Scanner GNU/Linux 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”

4. 3. Extracting Canon Scanner Driver

   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:

   

   But if you are in Trouble to Find it out then See: How to Access Downloads Folder from Browser.

5. 4. Installing Canon Scanner Driver

   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