Hello,
I had to reinstall an OS (LMDE2, fresh install, latest ISO) on my daughter's laptop.
We have a problem when it comes to set up her "old" Canon MFP495 printer. Canon provides a Linux driver as a .deb package, but it depends on libtiff4... LMDE2 has libtiff5 now!
So that stubborn driver won't install, and since my daughter lives near Paris I can't have both the printer and the laptop at hand. I can only test on a similar laptop and forward the results to my daughter.
So, any trick or insight would be very much appreciated. Thanks in advance, best regards - Daniel
[SOLVED] Printer driver needs old library
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[SOLVED] Printer driver needs old library
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Re: Printer driver needs old library
You can get the package from Wheezy:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libtiff4
It will require one more old lib:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libjpeg8
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libtiff4
It will require one more old lib:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libjpeg8
Re: Printer driver needs old library
Thank you Monsta!
Now I can forward my daughter these instructions, which are quite easy and harmless for her PC.
Thanks again - Daniel
Yes, I had noticed this old package but...Monsta wrote:You can get the package from Wheezy:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libtiff4
... only one, this is perfectly fine! I had given up, wrongly assuming that libjipeg8 was just the first one of a veeery long list, as I had seen on other occasions. (The joy of proprietary drivers...)It will require one more old lib:
https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/libjpeg8
Now I can forward my daughter these instructions, which are quite easy and harmless for her PC.
Thanks again - Daniel
Re: Printer driver needs old library
That's what I saw at that page - I didn't actually try to install it; it might be that there's something more hidden
To play it safe, I would try it first in some local system, maybe even a VM.
To play it safe, I would try it first in some local system, maybe even a VM.
Re: Printer driver needs old library
Damn, I spoke too fast.
libjpeg8 is already installed, and has a lot of pre-dependencies. It seems unreasonable to suppress it. I could force a downgrade with dpkg, but I bet the result wouldn't be very pretty.
OTTH, I saw another user somewhere else who claimed to have solved the problem by installing an even older libtiff4 (not the one in Wheezy - security). I've not been able to locate it. But then, I guess it was on an older install.
So, it's not looking as good as I first believed...
libjpeg8 is already installed, and has a lot of pre-dependencies. It seems unreasonable to suppress it. I could force a downgrade with dpkg, but I bet the result wouldn't be very pretty.
OTTH, I saw another user somewhere else who claimed to have solved the problem by installing an even older libtiff4 (not the one in Wheezy - security). I've not been able to locate it. But then, I guess it was on an older install.
So, it's not looking as good as I first believed...
Re: Printer driver needs old library
You can check older versions here:
http://snapshot.debian.org/binary/libtiff4/
http://snapshot.debian.org/binary/libtiff4/
Re: Printer driver needs old library
Useful link, I'm bookmarking it!Monsta wrote:You can check older versions here:
http://snapshot.debian.org/binary/libtiff4/
Well after some trial and error the solution was called libtiff4 3.9.7-2. Slightly more recent version, and not older as I wrote. With this library installed, I was able go through the whole driver install, on a PC which is virtually the same as my daughter's.
I'd better give her detailed instructions...
Thanks again Monsta - I'm now trying to mark the thread solved