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Using Canon Camera Software with Ubuntu

Asked by Ashley Dawn

So I bought a used Canon Powershot SD10 from a friend. I've checked Canon's website and they don't have a Linux driver listed for that model. The software that I got with the camera is ver. 14.1 for Mac and ArcSoft Camera Suite 1.2 which is Windows and Mac compatable. I love Ubuntu but don't really know a lot as far as plugging in code goes. Can anyone help me figure this out?

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Martijn Bastiaan (hmb1) said : 		#1

What happens if you plugin the camera and turn it on?

And maby you can run Camera Suite 1.2 with wine.

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Grant Paton-Simpson (launchpad-p-s) said : 		#2

I had a similar problem with a Canon Powershot G2. The basic answer involves installing gtkam (and gphoto2) via synaptic and making sure the camera isn't mounted already (unmount it yourself if by right-clicking on the icon if it appears on your desktop) when connecting to the camera. Then you can delete photos on the camera. Mode details at:

http://p-s.co.nz/wordpress/?p=197

I managed to install the Canon software e.g. Zoombrowser, under WINE successfully but ... no USB support to enable me to connect to the camera! See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=697238

I prefer gtkam anyway.

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Grant Paton-Simpson (launchpad-p-s) said : 		#3

I had a similar problem with a Canon Powershot G2. The basic answer involves installing gtkam (and gphoto2) via synaptic and making sure the camera isn't mounted already (unmount it yourself if by right-clicking on the icon if it appears on your desktop) when connecting to the camera. Then you can delete photos on the camera. More details at:

http://p-s.co.nz/wordpress/?p=197

I managed to install the Canon software e.g. Zoombrowser, under WINE successfully but ... no USB support to enable me to connect to the camera! See http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=697238

I prefer gtkam anyway.

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Grant Paton-Simpson (launchpad-p-s) said : 		#4

NB It may be that nautilus will work for most people with newer hardware. A friend had no problem deleting files from within the standard Nautilus file manager but his camera and its memory card were newer than my G2.

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