%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ XSane-&xsane-version; Introduction to <application>XSane</application> 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 size: &xsane-size; Estimated disk space required: &xsane-buildsize; Estimated build time: &xsane-time; <application>XSane</application> dependencies Required (back ends) and Optional , and Installation of <application>XSane</application> Install XSane by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install && ln -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ Command explanations ln -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 XSane comes with a graphical user interface, xsane, and (if is available) a GIMP plugin. Please refer to the documentation for further support. Description xsane xsane is a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisition device such as a flatbed scanner.