How To Install xsane on CentOS 8

xsane is X Window System front-end for the SANE scanner interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsane on CentOS 8.

What is `xsane`

XSane is an X based interface for the SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) library, which provides access to scanners, digital cameras, and other capture devices. XSane is written in GTK+ and provides control for performing the scan and then manipulating the captured image.

We can use yum or dnf to install xsane on CentOS 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install xsane.

Install xsane on CentOS 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xsane using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install xsane

Install xsane on CentOS 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

The output should look something like this:

CentOS Linux 8 - AppStream                                       43 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - BaseOS                                          65 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - ContinuousRelease                               43 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Extras                                          23 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - FastTrack                                       40 kB/s | 3.0 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - HighAvailability                                36 kB/s | 3.9 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - Plus                                            24 kB/s | 1.5 kB     00:00    
CentOS Linux 8 - PowerTools                                      50 kB/s | 4.3 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux Modular 8 - x86_64           13 kB/s | 9.2 kB     00:00    
Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux 8 - x86_64                   24 kB/s | 8.5 kB     00:00    
Metadata cache created.

After updating yum database, We can install xsane using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install xsane

How To Uninstall xsane on CentOS 8

To uninstall only the xsane package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove xsane

xsane Package Contents on CentOS 8

/usr/bin/xsane
/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f
/usr/lib/.build-id/6f/e6a7a14dedebfbadb378bbaefea16b629f8c20
/usr/share/appdata/xsane.appdata.xml
/usr/share/applications/xsane.desktop
/usr/share/doc/xsane
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.ACCELKEYS
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.AUTHOR
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.BEGINNERS-INFO
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.BUGS
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.CHANGES
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.FAQ
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.LANGUAGES
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.LOGO
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.NEWS
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.ONLINEHELP
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.PROBLEMS
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.ROOT
/usr/share/doc/xsane/xsane.TODO
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/xsane.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/256x256/apps/xsane.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/xsane.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/xsane.png
/usr/share/licenses/xsane
/usr/share/licenses/xsane/xsane.COPYING
/usr/share/locale/ca/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/cs/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/da/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/de/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/fi/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/fr/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/hu/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/it/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/ja/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/nl/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/pa/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/pl/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/pt_BR/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/ro/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/ru/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/sk/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/sl/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/sr/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/sv/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/tr/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/vi/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/locale/zh_CN/LC_MESSAGES/xsane.mo
/usr/share/man/man1/xsane.1.gz
/usr/share/pixmaps/xsane.xpm

References

xsane website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install xsane on CentOS 8 using yum and dnf.