%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ XSane-&xsane-version; XSane Introduction to XSane XSane is another front end for . It has additional features to improve the image quality and ease of use compared to xscanimage. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &xsane-md5sum; Download size: &xsane-size; Estimated disk space required: &xsane-buildsize; Estimated build time: &xsane-time; XSane Dependencies Required and (back ends) Optional , , , and User Notes: Installation of XSane Install XSane by running the following commands: sed -i -e 's/png_ptr->jmpbuf/png_jmpbuf(png_ptr)/' src/xsane-save.c && ./configure --prefix=/usr && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make xsanedocdir=/usr/share/doc/xsane-&xsane-version; install && ln -v -s ../../doc/xsane-&xsane-version; /usr/share/sane/xsane/doc If GIMP is installed, issue the following command as the root user: ln -v -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ Command Explanations ln -v -s ../../doc/xsane-&xsane-version; /usr/share/sane/xsane/doc: This symlink is created to ensure that any program that looks for the XSane documentation in the default location will find it, as the documentation is installed in an alternate location specified in the make install command. ln -v -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/: This creates a link in the system-wide GIMP plug-ins directory so that users can access XSane directly from GIMP. GIMP must be available before building XSane for this to work. Alternatively, create the link in ~/.gimp-2.0/plug-ins/ to provide individual user access. man xsane for additional information. Contents Installed Program Installed Libraries Installed Directory xsane None /usr/share/doc/xsane-&xsane-version; and /usr/share/sane/xsane Short Descriptions xsane is a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisition device such as a flatbed scanner. xsane