Re: Gnome simple-scan and Flatpak
On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:19:54 -0400
Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > In order to download and compile simple-scan, it seems I need to
> > install the Flatpak development environment. Is that going to cause
> > any problems with the normal Debian install//update environment?
>
> Try "Building Manually From Sources" instead. See
> <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan#building-manually-from-source>.
>
>
It has been pointed out that simple-scan is in the Debian repositories,
but if there is some need to compile it, there's seems to be little
problem. The source code, possibly tweaked for Debian, is also in the
repositories.
I think it's the word 'compile' that puts people off, as if it has some
enormous learning curve. A very long time ago, with a bit of Win95 and
NT4.0 experience, I was given a Red Hat 5.2 (*Not* RHEL) CD. I didn't
know what to do with it once it was installed, so I bought a Linux
magazine, and in it there was an article on compiling a kernel. I had
no idea that this was something terribly obscure and difficult, so I did
it. No problems, apart from understanding what (some of) the strange
options were, and it booted immediately.
Even then (about the time of Debian Hamm), a standard Linux came with
all the necessary tools for compiling, there's certainly no need for
a special environment. It doesn't even need Geany or similar, just a
terminal is fine.
For anyone who wants a bit of practice in building from source:
https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/
--
Joe
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