How To Install xsane on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsane on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is xsane
xsane is:
xsane can be run as a stand-alone program or through the GIMP image manipulation program. In stand-alone mode, xsane can save an image to a file in a variety of image formats, serve as a frontend to a fax program, or send an image to a printer.
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 xsane 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 xsane Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xsane using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xsane
Install xsane Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xsane using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xsane
Install xsane 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 xsane using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xsane
How To Uninstall xsane on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the xsane package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xsane
Uninstall xsane And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xsane and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xsane
Remove xsane Configurations and Data
To remove xsane configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xsane
Remove xsane configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xsane configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xsane
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xsane package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
