Hello, I have installed a printer-scanner Canon TS6050 (wifi) and I want to enable the scanner. I have downloaded the specific driver from Canon (scangearmp2-source-3.40-1.tar.gz) but I don't know how to manage the installation. In the README file, I see that I need Gtk+, libusb, libcncpmslld2, libcncpnet2, libcncpnet20 and libcncpnet30 but for the last 4, eopkg return "The libcncp... repository item was not found". Could you help me please?
How to install scangearmp2 for my Canon TS6050?
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If you're not up for compiling I'd suggest you Request a Package so it can be included in the repository.
Thank you Justin for your suggestion. I did it. Now, wait and see ...
a year later
Hi, seems like scangearmp2 is not in Solus repository yet. I'm using KDE but hope it also works for other DE. So to install it manually:
- Download the source file ScanGear MP for Linux from here
- Extract the tar.gz, open the terminal, cd to scangearmp2
- Install system.devel:
- sudo eopkg install -c system.devel
- Install libgtk-2, libgtk-2-devel, libusb-32bit-devel
- Run ./autogen.sh
- Copy all files (lcncpmslld2, lcncpnet2, lcncpnet20, lcncpnet30 with various extention) from /com/libs_bin64 folder in the source archive to /usr/lib64
- Run 'make'
- After the process is successful, run 'sudo make install'
- Copy '80-canon_mfp2.rules' from the 'etc' folder in 'scangearmp2' to /etc/udev/rules.d
- Reboot your computer
2 years later
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Better late than never ! Many thanks for your clear and efficient tutorial, tomatoes ! 
It works on my Canon MG5750 whereas it didn't with the dedicated version 3.20-1 of ScanGearMP2 !
No more bluish backgrounds !
I guess it will also work on all Canon scanners using Scangearmp2.
I specify that I use Budgie.