How To Install skanpage on Debian 12

Learn how to install skanpage on Debian 12 with this tutorial. skanpage is Multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install skanpage on Debian 12.

What is skanpage

skanpage is:

Skanpage is a simple scanning application designed for multi-page scanning and saving of documents and images.

Features:

  • Scanning from flatbed and ADF scanners
  • Configurable options for scanning device
  • Reordering, rotation and deletion of scanned pages
  • Saving to multi-page PDF documents and image files

There are three methods to install skanpage 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 skanpage Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install skanpage using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install skanpage

Install skanpage Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install skanpage using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install skanpage

Install skanpage 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 skanpage using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install skanpage

How To Uninstall skanpage on Debian 12

To uninstall only the skanpage package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove skanpage

Uninstall skanpage And Its Dependencies

To uninstall skanpage and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove skanpage

Remove skanpage Configurations and Data

To remove skanpage configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge skanpage

Remove skanpage configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove skanpage configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge skanpage

Dependencies

skanpage have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install skanpage package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.