Error installing printer in Ubuntu 18.04?

Question

I'm trying to install the printer Canon PIXMA IP1300. There are no drivers available for this model anymore. Therefore, I downloaded a pack and I'm installing it, through which, accordingly, I'll be able to use the printer.

The pack is called cnijfilter-ip1900series:i386. When I am installing it, I get the following error:

 dpkg: error processing package cnijfilter-ip1900series: i386 (--install):
  dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
  cnijfilter-ip1900series: i386

I would appreciate any help, even if only to tell me that this is a waste of time.

That should fix it - if it does I'll write an answer explaining it. — Eugen Rieck, Jun 07 '19 at 14:14
@EugenRieck got it: `E: Could not open lock file / var / lib / dpkg / lock-frontend - open (13: Permission denied) E: Unable to acquire the dpkg frontend lock (/ var / lib / dpkg / lock-frontend), are you root?` — Marlon Henrique Teixeira, Jun 07 '19 at 14:14
Are you root? If not, you must prefix the command by `sudo` as in `sudo apt -f install` — Eugen Rieck, Jun 07 '19 at 14:15
@EugenRieck sorry! The error is still there when I try to install the printer pack! — Marlon Henrique Teixeira, Jun 07 '19 at 14:20
@EugenRieck now it tells me: `dpkg: error processing package cnijfilter-ip1900series: i386 (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfigured Errors were encountered while processing: cnijfilter-ip1900series: i386` — Marlon Henrique Teixeira, Jun 07 '19 at 14:21
You must run `sudo apt -f install` **AFTER** installing the package, not before. The errors from the `dpkg -i` will then be fixed. — Eugen Rieck, Jun 07 '19 at 17:15
@EugenRieck however, when I try to install it, it never completes the process! — Marlon Henrique Teixeira, Jun 07 '19 at 17:17
It is **installed**, it just isn't **configured** (thus "leaving unconfigured"). The `apt -f` will install all missing dependencies and then configure the package. You can see it in the output of `sudo apt -f install` - it will say "configuring cnijfilter-ip1900series" — Eugen Rieck, Jun 07 '19 at 17:19
@EugenRieck I don't know... I cannot find the printer drivers. I've found this tutorial: https://askubuntu.com/questions/41077/install-i386-printer-driver-on-an-amd64-system — Marlon Henrique Teixeira, Jun 07 '19 at 17:27
Do you have an amd64 system? If yes, then installing the i386 drivers will be hard if not impossible. It is definitly not a simple matter of "dpkg -i". You should have mentioned that in your question! — Eugen Rieck, Jun 07 '19 at 17:41
@EugenRieck sorry for my ignorance, but I don't know. How can I check it out? — Marlon Henrique Teixeira, Jun 07 '19 at 17:43
@EugenRieck I've entered a `lshw` and didn't find this specs. — Marlon Henrique Teixeira, Jun 07 '19 at 19:05
I found this answer: https://superuser.com/questions/741380/how-to-install-i386-package-under-amd64-ubuntu-debian — Marlon Henrique Teixeira, Jun 11 '19 at 14:10

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 04 '22 at 06:01

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Go to the printer manufacturer's Web site and search for print drivers, printer drivers or drivers. Find the right driver for your printer model. Download and install the driver [source: Adobe]. You may have to restart the computer after installing the new driver.

answered Oct 04 '22 at 06:01

James Walter

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Error installing printer in Ubuntu 18.04?

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