How To Install sane-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
