Sorry, had to resend this, used a wrong From: address first time. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 14:30:39 +0100 (CET) From: Bjoern Brill <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [sane-devel] How to download files for Artec e+48u scanner?
On Thu, 11 Dec 2003, cr wrote: Hello Chris, > I'm running Debian Woody and have a Artec e+ 48u scanner. I've read all= the > manuals and got to the point where sane-find-scanner works and returns th= e > right vendor/product id's. > > The help file sane-artec_eplus48u.5.html says that I need > the following: > > Artec48.usb off the CD that came with the driver (it doesn't say where t= o > put it). I got that one and put it in /etc/sane.d/ where the sane > *.conf files seem to be. I have no idea if that's the right place. > > Plus I need: > > /usr/local/etc/sane.d/artec_eplus48u.conf > /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-artec_eplus48u.a > or > /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-artec_eplus48u.so > > I don't seem to have any sane subdirectory in /usr/local/lib, nor > do I have a /usr/local/etc/ > I do have a /etc/sane/d/ where many conf files are (but not the Artec on= e). > > I conclude that Debian Woody probably missed out on the Artec 48u files a= nd 1. For SANE packages included im most (if not any) distribution, including Debian, replace /usr/local/etc by /etc and other instances of /usr/local by /usr . /usr/local is for additional stuff (not from the distro) installed by you. By the way, "dpkg --listfiles libsane | less" will show you all files installed from the libsane (aka sane-backends) Debian package. 2. The backend's home page <http://www.angelfire.com/linux/crapsite/> says "This backend is included in SANE versions >=3D 1.0.10". The sane version in Debian woody is 1.0.7 . > needs an update. However, following the link from the Sane site > (www.sane-project.org/source.html) to Debian Woody > http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/sane.html seems not to work; following= the > link to the Sid sources at > http://packages.debian.org/unstable/libs/libsane.html gets me "packages > .debian.org is down at the moment" (yes I know why). > people.debian.org is partially dysfunctional for the same reason. pakages.debian.org is just a spiffy web interface to the debian package archives. The archives themselves (e.g. ftp.debian.org) are OK and can be accessed via ftp and http. source packages should be in directory pool/main/s/sane-backends/ . > Anyway, I don't really want to download a *huge* package from debian.org = (if > and when it ever starts working again) just to get two files. > > Can anyone help with the following questions: > > Is there anywhere I can download just the e+48u libsane and conf files fr= om? > Where (in a Debian system) should those files go? I doubt that dropping newer .so files into an old installation would work. Look at http://www.apt-get.org/ for a newer libsane package compiled for woody. Adrian Bunk's excellent backports collection should have one. libsane is about 2 megabyte, so it's not that huge. Maybe you need a newer libusb package as well, but try with the one you have first. > Where should the Artec48.usb file off the CD go? Well, in section CONFIGURATION, the sane-artec_eplus48u man page says Every usb section can have additional options artecFirmwareFile <path>/Artec48.usb The path to the firmware file. This option is required. so the answer is: wherever you like, but you have to say so in the conf file. For Debian, I would recommend putting it into /usr/lib/sane . > > Regards > > Chris > Cheers, Bj=F6rn -- Bj"orn Brill <[email protected]> Frankfurt am Main, Germany
