Installing SANE for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS
How to Install Latest Scanner Access Now Easy Software on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS Linux.
SANE stands for “Scanner Access Now Easy” and is an application programming interface (API) that provides standardized access to any raster image scanner hardware (scanners, video- and still-cameras, frame-grabbers…).

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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).Ctrl+Alt+t
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Check if GCC is Installed.
which gcc
If Not then:
sudo su -c "apt-get install gcc"
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Download Latest SANE Source for Linux
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Double-Click on SANE Package and Extract into /tmp/.
Or from Command Line:tar xvzf $HOME/Downloads/sane-backends*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
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Installing SANE Package.
cd /tmp/sane-backends*
./configure
make
sudo make install
You Find the Installed packages with:
aptitude search '~i!~M' | grep sane
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