How To Install sane-utils on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. sane-utils is API library for scanners – utilities API library for scanners – utilities API library for scanners – utilities

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-utils on Ubuntu 20.04.

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. Task: print-server, ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: sane-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: graphics Source: sane-backends Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Jörg Frings-Fürst [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 632 Depends: adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), update-inetd, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.29), libieee1284-3, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libsane (>= 1.0.27), libsystemd0, libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) Suggests: avahi-daemon, unpaper Breaks: libsane-common (« 1.0.27-1~) Replaces: libsane-common (« 1.0.27-1~) Filename: pool/main/s/sane-backends/sane-utils_1.0.29-0ubuntu5.1_amd64.deb Size: 200940 MD5sum: 1c2d732a8d1b50dbb32e8700c94e8e5a SHA1: 02567145e795af5da2ebdd74f2463a29d6968a2b SHA256: 40d21541bab0fcdae11ca1d331150f978962bf4a21a19fd8027b94462e520c6b SHA512: e59b64fa1a5555e26f37c2c41117be026389c47df03323fde5ef2c020d298f0377fd8caf2bb9a709de468dca76c951100d03a8f4b9d593e6a45d6e55a3f5f18a Homepage: http://www.sane-project.org Description-en: API library for scanners – utilities 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).

Package: sane-utils Architecture: amd64 Version: 1.0.29-0ubuntu5 Multi-Arch: foreign Priority: optional Section: graphics Source: sane-backends Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Jörg Frings-Fürst [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 632 Depends: adduser, lsb-base (>= 3.0-6), update-inetd, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libavahi-client3 (>= 0.6.16), libavahi-common3 (>= 0.6.16), libc6 (>= 2.29), libieee1284-3, libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2-1), libsane (>= 1.0.27), libsystemd0, libusb-1.0-0 (>= 2:1.0.22), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4) Suggests: avahi-daemon, unpaper Breaks: libsane-common (« 1.0.27-1~) Replaces: libsane-common (« 1.0.27-1~) Filename: pool/main/s/sane-backends/sane-utils_1.0.29-0ubuntu5_amd64.deb Size: 201108 MD5sum: 91be75916b083fab029c0d27c64c539f SHA1: 3f8324c5318c8ac9e30af241528452bba609f842 SHA256: 656149554502553ddd4766de5c0c77e9eb90c78d532f47d1dc1968c0a17eb552 Homepage: http://www.sane-project.org Description-en: API library for scanners – utilities 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-utils on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04

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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sane-utils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.