Hi, What you could do in this case as an alternative, is just edit /etc/sane.d/dll.conf and comment out the genesys backend as that is where the issue seems to be coming from (if you do not have a genesys device of course). In that case, you need not use sane-git at all.
On 2021-04-08 2:00 p.m., Paul Graff wrote: > > Thank you for your response. Before I do install the sane-git ppa I > would like to inform you that I do currently have the sane-release ppa > installed. I have enclosed a screenshot of update manager displaying > this information as well as the underlying packages from sane-release > that are currently installed. -> Software Sources -> > sane-project/sane-release -> open -> > libsane1,libsane,libsane-common,sane-utils are all 'ticked'. I have > verified they are installed ......... > > 1. If I enable the sane-git ppa I could possibly have conflicts > between it and sane-release ppa. I have experienced this before > actually and received some great help with the issue. > Yes, definitely don't have both sane-releases and sane-ppa enabled at the same time. I would think you could probably enable sane-git and disable sane-releases, update and upgrade and it should be fine. If there are issues, then just remove all the SANE packages from sane-releases and then reinstall them back again. There is always risk in tracking sane-git as it is not guaranteed to be stable. > 2. Can I ask what the safest way to proceed by doing this would be? > Possibly I can simply untick sane-project/sane-release in software > sources and add the following through the terminal by following the > steps below?: > > > Adding this PPA to your system > > You can update your system with unsupported packages from this > untrusted PPA by adding *ppa:sane-project/sane-git* to your system's > Software Sources. (Read about installing > <https://launchpad.net/+help-soyuz/ppa-sources-list.html>) > > sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sane-project/sane-git > sudo apt-get update Yes, I would disable the sane-releases PPA in Software Sources, update (which I think it will ask you to do anyway), then add the sane-git PPA, update (again I think you get this for free), then upgrade and you should get the new sane-git binaries. But note the previous alternative suggestion if that would work for you. Cheers, Ralph
