source: archive/xsane.xml@ 9b39ca60

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<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY xsane-download-http "&sources-anduin-http;/xsane/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY xsane-download-ftp  "&sources-anduin-ftp;/xsane/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY xsane-md5sum        "9927f21e1ab6ba96315e7f0e30746deb">
  <!ENTITY xsane-size          "2.9 MB">
  <!ENTITY xsane-buildsize     "23 MB">
  <!ENTITY xsane-time          "0.2 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="xsane" xreflabel="XSane-&xsane-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xsane.html"?>


  <title>XSane-&xsane-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xsane">
    <primary sortas="a-XSane">XSane</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to XSane</title>

    <para>
      <application>XSane</application> is another front end for
      <xref linkend="sane"/>. It has additional features to improve the image
      quality and ease of use compared to <command>xscanimage</command>.
    </para>

    &lfs120_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xsane-download-http;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xsane-download-ftp;"/>
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download MD5 sum: &xsane-md5sum;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Download size: &xsane-size;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &xsane-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &xsane-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">XSane Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/> and
      <xref linkend="sane"/> (back ends)
    </para>
<!--
    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/> (for the help documentation at runtime)
    </para>-->

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="lcms"/> and
      <xref linkend="gimp"/>
    </para>


  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of XSane</title>

    <para>
      Install <application>XSane</application> by running the following
      commands:
    </para>

<!--sed -i -e 's/netscape/xdg-open/'                   src/xsane.h      &amp;&amp;-->
<screen><userinput>sed -i -e 's/png_ptr->jmpbuf/png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)/' src/xsane-save.c &amp;&amp;
./configure --prefix=/usr                                           &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      This package does not come with a test suite.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make xsanedocdir=/usr/share/doc/xsane-&xsane-version; install &amp;&amp;
ln -v -s ../../doc/xsane-&xsane-version; /usr/share/sane/xsane/doc</userinput></screen>
<!--
    <para>
      If you have not installed <xref linkend="xdg-utils"/> and have not
      issued the first sed:
    </para>-->
    <para>
      A browser of your choice can be used to get inline help, using the
      following command,  as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
      user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s &lt;browser&gt; /usr/bin/netscape</userinput></screen>

    <note>
      <para>
        Be sure to replace &lt;browser&gt; with the browser of your
        choice on your system.
      </para>
    </note>

    <para>
      Alternatively, if the environment variable BROWSER is set to the browser
      you want to use, eg, BROWSER="/usr/bin/firefox", the first time you run
      <command>xsane</command>, it will be recorded in <filename>
      ~/.sane/xsane/xsane.rc</filename>. If you wish to change it, edit this
      file, or remove it, and use the instructions above, so that a new one is
      created.
    </para>

    <para>
      If <application>GIMP</application> is installed, issue the following
      command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>
<!--
    <para>
      <command>sed -i -e 's/netscape/xdg-open/' src/xsane.h </command>:
      This is to use <command>xdg-open</command> for the help documentation,
      instead of the hardcoded browser.
    </para>-->

    <para>
      <command>ln -v -s ../../doc/xsane-&xsane-version;
      /usr/share/sane/xsane/doc</command>: This symlink is created to ensure
      that any program that looks for the <application>XSane</application>
      documentation in the default location will find it, as the documentation
      is installed in an alternate location specified in the <command>make
      install</command> command.
    </para>

    <para>
      <command>ln -v -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/</command>:
      This creates a link in the system-wide <application>GIMP</application>
      <filename class='directory'>plug-ins</filename> directory so that users
      can access <application>XSane</application> directly from
      <application>GIMP</application>. <application>GIMP</application> must
      be available before building <application>XSane</application> for this
      to work. Alternatively, create the link in <filename
      class='directory'>~/.gimp-2.0/plug-ins/</filename> to provide individual
      user access. <command>man xsane</command> for additional information.
    </para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>xsane</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/doc/xsane-&xsane-version; and
        /usr/share/sane/xsane</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="xsane-prog">
        <term><command>xsane</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisition
            device such as a flatbed scanner
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="xsane xsane-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-xsane">xsane</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>