How To Install sane on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sane on Debian 12.
What is sane
sane 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).
There are three methods to install sane on Debian 12. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sane
Install sane Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sane using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sane
Install sane 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sane
How To Uninstall sane on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sane package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sane
Uninstall sane And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sane and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sane
Remove sane Configurations and Data
To remove sane configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sane
Remove sane configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sane configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sane
Dependencies
sane have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sane package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.