How To Install simple-scan on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install simple-scan on Ubuntu 20.04. simple-scan is Simple Scanning Utility Simple Scanning Utility

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install simple-scan on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is `simple-scan`

simple-scan is:

Simple Scan is an easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format.

Simple Scan is basically a frontend for SANE - which is the same backend as XSANE uses. This means that all existing scanners will work and the interface is well tested. Task: ubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop

Package: simple-scan Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.0-0ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Jörg Frings-Fürst [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1288 Depends: default-dbus-session-bus | dbus-session-bus, xdg-utils, dconf-gsettings-backend | gsettings-backend, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcairo2 (>= 1.4.10), libcolord2 (>= 0.1.10), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.22.0), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.43.92), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.21.5), libgusb2 (>= 0.2.2), libpackagekit-glib2-18 (>= 0.9.4), libsane (>= 1.0.24), libwebp6 (>= 0.5.1), libwebpmux3 (>= 0.6.1-2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4) Filename: pool/main/s/simple-scan/simple-scan_3.36.0-0ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 178816 MD5sum: 12297c2d459cd19e57e4866bb970b075 SHA1: 6f1914875a501d64d98d421cea13b63ca10d9a44 SHA256: de42033875dd66afe47ffa1f1ca96af69c801227f8d78030f8851f3d1afb2cb3 Homepage: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan Description-en: Simple Scanning Utility Simple Scan is an easy-to-use application, designed to let users connect their scanner and quickly have the image/document in an appropriate format.

There are three methods to install simple-scan 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 simple-scan Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install simple-scan

Install simple-scan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install simple-scan

Install simple-scan 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 simple-scan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install simple-scan

How To Uninstall simple-scan on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the simple-scan package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove simple-scan

Uninstall simple-scan And Its Dependencies

To uninstall simple-scan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove simple-scan

Remove simple-scan Configurations and Data

To remove simple-scan configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge simple-scan

Remove simple-scan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge simple-scan

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Summary

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