Canon UFR drivers and 12.04 LTS

[che_bizarro]

Hi all,

I've had a fairly epic time getting Canon drivers to work on my 64-bit 12.04 LTS install but this morning I finally cracked it and hope that by sharing others will get the same joy...

Getting Canon drivers to work on 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04

Step 1. Download UFR drivers from Canon - http://support-au.canon.com.au/conte...100270808.html

Step 2. Convert the 64-bit RPM files to .deb using alien

sudo alien -s cndrvcups-common-2.40-1.x86_64.rpm
sudo alien -s cndrvcups-ufr2-uk-2.40-1.x86_64.rpm

Step 3. Make Sym links in usr for lib64 -

sudo ln -s /usr/lib /usr/lib64
sudo ln -s /usr/local/lib /usr/local/lib64

Step 4. Install .deb files

sudo dpkg -i cndrvcups-common_2.40-2_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i cndrvcups-ufr2-uk_2.40-2_amd64.deb

Step 5. AppArmor denies the CUPS executables which the driver needs. Add to /etc/apparmor.d/local/usr.sbin.cupsd:

 /usr/lib64/cups/backend/cnusb Uxr,
 /usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstoufr2cpca Uxr,

Don't forget the commas at the end of each line!

Step 6. Add the 32-bit libs that the driver seems to depend on:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs
sudo apt-get install libjpeg62:i386

Step 7. Restart CUPS

sudo service cups restart

Step 8. Add your printer and everything should work just fine!

I hope this helps someone else!

[johnnybegood]

Thanks a lot! It did help, I was going nuts trying to find a solution. I did the symlink a bit different, though, following these instructions:

ln -s /usr/lib64/lib* /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/

Thanks again!

[tolbunt5]

I am having the same problem. I tried everything to no avail. Can anyone help me in layman's terms? I'm still a newbie to Linux. I have Ubuntu 10.04.

[pdc]

perhaps tolbunt if you tell us just a little bit about things ..

....which Canon printer do you want to install .....

....you are using Ubuntu 10.04 and is your version 32bit or 64bit please?

[MrGregLund]

Thanks a million. I'd been struggling for a while with that one. If this helps any other searchers, here is the error I was getting:

Canon_iR-ADV_C2020_2030_UFR_II: File "/usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoufr2cpca" not available: No such file or directory


Directions above solved the problem.

Note: the command 'alien' should use the option '-d' instead of '-s' to create the .deb package instead of a folder.

[neotrode]

I think I solved the mystery! Like everyone else, I was going nuts!!!!
What's missing in che_bizarro's steps is the following:
Symlink these two files from the 64bit library to the standard library...

ln -s /usr/lib64/cups/backend/cnusb /usr/lib/cups/backend/cnusb
ln -s /usr/lib64/cups/filter/pstoufr2cpca /usr/lib/cups/filter/pstoufr2cpca

THEN... Restart your cups server...

sudo service cups restart