I am trying to get my Canon LBP2900 printer to work on Ubuntu 11.10 64 bit.
What I have done is try to follow the steps on https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CanonCaptDrv190
So I downloaded the version 2.3 driver and tried to convert the rpm files to debian and installed them
sudo alien cndrvcups-capt-2.30-1.x86_64.rpm cndrvcups-common-2.30-1.x86_64.rpm
sudo dpkg -i cndrvcups-capt-2.30-1.x86_64.deb cndrvcups-common-2.30-1.x86_64.deb
restarted cups and try to install the printer with lpadmin:
sudo service cups restart
sudo /usr/sbin/lpadmin -p LBP2900 -m /usr/share/cups/model/CNCUPSLBP2900CAPTK.ppd -v ccp://localhost:59787 -E
What I noticed however that on the step with lpadmin it goes wrong with the error:
lpadmin: Bad device-uri scheme "ccp"
After trying to trace what has gone wrong, I think I nailed it to the fact that dpkg installed a file /usr/lib64/cups/backend/ccp
instead of /usr/lib/cups/backend/ccp
Checking the original rpm with archive manager shows indeed that /usr/lib
and /usr/lib64
are used, with the backend/cpp file only installed in lib64. As I understand correctly, Ubuntu 11.10 uses /usr/lib32
and /usr/lib
instead so the files are installed in the wrong place.
Is there an automated method of converting the rpm/deb files with the wrong lib structure to one with the right lib structure for ubuntu 11.10? Or am I completely on the wrong track for getting my printer installed?
Best Answer
It is because you didn't generated the scripts associated with the rpm files.......
Use
OR
instead of
You can solve this error
All the best from RJK