Installing SANE for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty LTS
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install the Latest Scanner Access Now Easy Software on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS i386/amd64 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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