Thanks Lisi, but still having the same trouble... I did this:
1) To /etc/apt/sources.list I added the line: deb http://http.debian.net/debian/ jessie-backports main 2) Then did: apt-get update 3) Then did: apt-get -t jessie-backports install sane libsane libsane- common sane-utils But when I try to scan, I get the same errors as described previously. Am I doing something wrong there? ----- Original message ----- From: Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: SANE scanner error on Debian Jessie Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2016 23:01:42 +0000 > 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§ion=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 > > Original post: > https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2016/03/msg00241.html
