[SOLVED] Cannot instal;l software for Canon MF8230cn printer on linux mint20
by DavidR001 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#58CGK)
HI Can any one help, there are lots of suggestions on the web and as much frustration.
Downloaded the file from the canon web site.
linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken-05.tar.gz
Transferred the file to the desktop so the terminal can find it.
ran chmod......see print out
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$ chmod +x linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken-05.tar.gz
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$ ./linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken-05.tar.gz
bash: ./linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken-05.tar.gz: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$
cannot execute binary??
The file was a zip so I unzipped it and tried again.
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$ chmod +x linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$ ./linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken
bash: ./linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken: Is a directory
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$
Can any one help please.
regards
David001


Downloaded the file from the canon web site.
linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken-05.tar.gz
Transferred the file to the desktop so the terminal can find it.
ran chmod......see print out
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$ chmod +x linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken-05.tar.gz
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$ ./linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken-05.tar.gz
bash: ./linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken-05.tar.gz: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$
cannot execute binary??
The file was a zip so I unzipped it and tried again.
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$ chmod +x linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$ ./linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken
bash: ./linux-UFRII-drv-v520-uken: Is a directory
david@david-HP-Laptop-15-bs0xx:~/Desktop$
Can any one help please.
regards
David001