Got the Canon Pixma MG2520 working on this flash drive driven Compaq Presario fully from this thread! Great thanks!
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candi-pet-maker worked fine in Precise 5.7.1rcrsn51 wrote:Excellent. Candi v1.4 has a new tool called candi-petmaker. It creates a ready-to-use PET installer from the Canon Debian driver packages.
1. Create a temporary folder with a descriptive name, like canon_ip2700-3.30. It MUST have a version number on the end.
2. Copy the two Canon .deb files into the folder.
3. Go into the folder, open a terminal window and run: candi-pet-maker
4. The PET will be saved in the parent folder.
5. Copy it to a safe location for the next time you need to install the printer.
Thanks for testing this. What model of Canon printer do you have?perdido wrote:candi-pet-maker worked fine in Precise 5.7.1
Most of the code in candi-pet-maker is specific to Canon printer/scanners. To make a general-purpose DEB-to-PET tool, just take lines 1-7 and 38-43. There may already be a similar tool somewhere on the forum.I see a possible alternate use for candi-pet-maker. It can make a .pet file from any number of .deb packages, not just the canon drivers packages. (think program + dependencies)
Hello rcrsn51, I apologise for the late reply, did not see this. I do not have the canon printer to install this, I tested the script and it ran with no errors so the script appears to work fine but I do not report a working canon printer.rcrsn51 wrote: Thanks for testing this. What model of Canon printer do you have?
Most of the code in candi-pet-maker is specific to Canon printer/scanners. To make a general-purpose DEB-to-PET tool, just take lines 1-7 and 38-43. There may already be a similar tool somewhere on the forum.
But be aware than many DEBs have post-install scripts with extra commands that may not work in Puppy.