How To Install pct-scanner-scripts on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pct-scanner-scripts
on Debian 11.
What is pct-scanner-scripts
pct-scanner-scripts is:
This package contains a script and configuration system to easily scan documents and create digital archives. It can create DjVu PDF and JPEG outputs, in merged and individual files. It also has a configuration file system where different configurations can be defined, making it easy to switch between configurations.
Features:
- auto archiving in merged and individual DjVu, PDF, and JPEG files
- auto and manual resume when scanning somehow fails
- cascading configuration system, for easy customizing
- easy command-line-style bash program, with useful options
- archiving made possible with both ADF and flatbed scanners
- built for productivity and daily use
- uses bash, scanadf and other mainstream processing tools
- multilanguage commandline output
There are three methods to install pct-scanner-scripts
on Debian 11. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pct-scanner-scripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pct-scanner-scripts
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pct-scanner-scripts
Install pct-scanner-scripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pct-scanner-scripts
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pct-scanner-scripts
Install pct-scanner-scripts 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 pct-scanner-scripts
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pct-scanner-scripts
How To Uninstall pct-scanner-scripts on Debian 11
To uninstall only the pct-scanner-scripts
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pct-scanner-scripts
Uninstall pct-scanner-scripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pct-scanner-scripts
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pct-scanner-scripts
Remove pct-scanner-scripts Configurations and Data
To remove pct-scanner-scripts
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pct-scanner-scripts
Remove pct-scanner-scripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pct-scanner-scripts
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pct-scanner-scripts
Dependencies
pct-scanner-scripts have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pct-scanner-scripts
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.