Re: Sane backends

[didier gaumet <didier.gaumet@gmail.com>]

Le 31/05/2018 à 00:31, MENGUAL Jean-Philippe a écrit :
> Hi,
> 
> Originally, I placed my firmware file in /usr/share/sane. But in Buster
> this dir seems to have disappeared. Could someone tell me what are the
> new standard location? guideline? Where should be this kind of file
> (firmware for a scanner, here snapscan)? Or is there a new installation
> method for such external resources?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> 
> regards,

You can place the firmware wherever you want: you only need to tell the
backend where to find the firmware by indicating its full path in
snapscan.conf. It could be of some interest to place it in /lib/firmware
in order to have all your firmwares at the same location