Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie

[Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com>]

On Tuesday 08 March 2016 20:46:19 New Linux wrote:
> Some new information about SANE scanner problem:
>
> Debian (scanner not working): libsane 1.0.24 libsane-common 1.0.24
>
> Ubuntu (scanner working): libsane 1.0.23 libsane-common 1.0.23
>
> To experiment, I used synaptic to remove everything related to SANE on
> Debian Jessie, and then compiled SANE 1.0.23 from source on it. And then
> command line SCANNING WORKED - Great!
>
> Unfortunately, as soon as I reinstalled either XSane or SimpleScan,
> synaptic reinstalled SANE 1.0.24 and then nothing worked again.
>
> If these questions sound like I don't know what I'm doing, it's because
> I don't know what I'm doing (amateur Debian user):
>
> 1) Is there some way I can install the older SANE 1.0.23 via Synaptic?
> 2) Alternatively, since SANE 1.0.22 was part of Wheezy - can that be
>    installed via Synaptic on Jessie?

I wrote half an email before doing the correct Google search. :-(

I see that the Jessie libsane problem has already been solved:
https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=libsane&searchon=names&suite=all&section=all

So follow these directions for using Backports, and you will be home and dry:
http://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

I don't know how you use backports in Synaptic.  In Aptitude it is the same as 
in apt-get, mutatis mutandis.  You could always use apt-get just this once!

Lisi
>
> Hope someone can help!
>
>
> Original post:
> https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html