%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 or and (back ends) Optional , and User Notes: Installation of XSane Install XSane by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make Now, as the root user: make install 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 /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/sane/xsane Short Descriptions xsane is a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisition device such as a flatbed scanner. xsane