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can you pls explain what is alien ? thanking in advance,
miramarcos
Alien is a CLI utility that converts different Linux package distribution file formats, including conversion between Linux Standard Base, RPM, deb, Stampede (.slp) and Slackware (tgz) packages.
What I do wrong typing this in terminal ?
$ sudo apt-get install -/Desktop cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb
E: Command line option '/' [from -/Desktop] is not understood in combination with the other options.
thanking for all your help,
miramarcos
Sorry miramarcos, which model did you end up purchasing? Reading back through this thread I now read of your intention to buy a T305S. That model does have a .deb package available for it of course. https://driver-canon.com/canon-pixma-ts305-driver.html
Dear Ferrari,
now I got : Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
E: Unable to locate package cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb
E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb'
E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb'
never had troubles like this before in terminal, maybe I should leave out cd ? and than fill in my password ?
miramarcos
It's difficult to assist when we're not over your shoulder. In an effort to assist further I have downloaded the tarball and extracted it. The file that you were trying to install is actually a directory (not the .deb file package itself). The required .deb package is contained within. Use your graphical file manager to navigate to it if its easier. You have two choices - either run the 'install.sh' contained in the 'cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb' directory, or navigate to the 'packages' directory, find the .deb and install it with your package manager.
Just to give you an idea, it should just be a matter of navigating to where the tar.gz file was downloaded (eg ~/Downloads), extracting the tar.gz file with something like
Code:
cd Downloads
tar -zxvf cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb.tar.gz
then changing directory to the created 'cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb' directory
Code:
cd cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb
and executing 'install.sh'...
Code:
sudo ./install.sh
It should take care of the driver install and printer registration with CUPS.
dear ferrari,
I appreciate your help, but now got the following marleen@Asus:~/Downloads$ sudo ./install-sh
[sudo] password for marleen:
sudo: ./install-sh: command not found
marleen@Asus:~/Downloads$
Also make sure that you are in the correct directory. The install script won't be in ~/Downloads, but instead in the ~/Downloads/cnijfilter2-5.50-1-deb directory, so do
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