How To Install sane-utils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-utils on Debian 12.
What is sane-utils
sane-utils is:
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 includes the command line frontend scanimage, the saned server and the sane-find-scanner utility, along with their documentation.
There are three methods to install sane-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sane-utils
Install sane-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sane-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sane-utils
Install sane-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sane-utils
How To Uninstall sane-utils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the sane-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sane-utils
Uninstall sane-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sane-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sane-utils
Remove sane-utils Configurations and Data
To remove sane-utils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sane-utils
Remove sane-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sane-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sane-utils
Dependencies
sane-utils have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- adduser
- update-inetd
- debconf
- libavahi-client3
- libavahi-common3
- libc6
- libieee1284-3
- libjpeg62-turbo
- libpng16-16
- libsane1
- libsystemd0
- libusb-1.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-utils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.