Canon LBP Printer Setup on AlmaLinux — Install CAPT Driver & Add Printer

Setting Up

2. 2. Downloading Canon LBP Driver

   Download Canon LBP Driver Source for AlmaGNU/Linux

   Get Canon LBP Driver on AlmaLinux

   Get Canon LBP Driver on AlmaLinux

   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:

   

   If needed, install Unzip with:

   sudo dnf 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 AlmaLinux with:

   sudo dnf groupinstall "Development Tools"

   Further you may need also the C Libraries:

   sudo dnf groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"

   And then:

   sudo dnf install git cups-devel

5. 5. Installing Canon LBP Driver

   Then to Set up Canon LBP Driver on AlmaLinux
   First, Access the Target, usually in /tmp:

   cd /tmp/capt*

   Start by Configuring the Software with:

   autoreconf -i

   ./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 Systems it may be instead into /usr/libexec/cups/filter)

   Finally, store the PPD Files in a convenient location into the File System:

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

   Thanks to Agalakhov!