How To Install sane-dbg on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-dbg on Debian 9. sane-dbg is scanner graphical frontends (debug symbols)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-dbg on Debian 9.

What is sane-dbg

sane-dbg is:

This package includes : o xscanimage, a scanner graphical frontend with GIMP 2.0 support o scanadf, a command-line frontend for scanners with Automatic Document Feeder o xcam, for acquiring images continuously from cameras.

An alternative to xscanimage called xsane is packaged separately.

The scanner frontends use SANE. SANE stands for “Scanner Access Now Easy” and is an application programming interface (API) that provides standardized access to any raster image scanner hardware (flatbed scanner, hand-held scanner, video- and still-cameras, frame-grabbers, etc.). The SANE standard is free and its discussion and development are open to everybody. The current source code is written to support several operating systems, including GNU/Linux, OS/2, Win32 and various Unices and is available under the GNU General Public License (commercial applications and backends are welcome, too, however).

This package contains the debugging symbols for the SANE frontends.

There are three methods to install sane-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sane-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install sane-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install sane-dbg

Install sane-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sane-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sane-dbg

Install sane-dbg Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install sane-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sane-dbg

How To Uninstall sane-dbg on Debian 9

To uninstall only the sane-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sane-dbg

Uninstall sane-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sane-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sane-dbg

Remove sane-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove sane-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sane-dbg

Remove sane-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove sane-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sane-dbg

Dependencies

sane-dbg have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.