Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: > Johann Spies <jspies at sun.ac.za> writes: >> On Mon, Oct 27, 2008 at 10:20:43AM +0100, Johannes Wiedersich wrote: >>> I have some problems using the transparency unit of my "Epson perfection >>> 4180 photo" on Debian Lenny, sane 1.0.14-7. >>> >>> Should I try to install epkowa's rpms via 'alien' instead? >> I have an Epson Perfection 3170 and I have to use alienated epkowa >> rpm's ot use it. > > In your case also, using `alien --scripts` should work fine. > > I'm sorry to inform you, but Debian packages for the interpreter for > the Epson Perfection 3170 have not been scheduled for release.
Thanks to all for the responses! The transparancy unit now works! 8-) Here is what I did: (for the archives and other users find) as user: fakeroot alien --scripts iscan-plugin-gt-f600-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm fakeroot alien --scripts iscan-2.10.0-1.c2.i386.rpm as root: dpkg -i --force-overwrite iscan_2.10.0-2_i386.deb dpkg -i iscan-plugin-gt-f600_1.0.0-2_i386.deb There is a conflicting file in the alienated debian package, /usr/share/man/man5/sane-epkowa.5.gz, which is also contained in the debian package libsane-extras. This means that on an upgrade of libsane-extras, one has to do manually as root: # dpkg --force-overwrite -i \ /var/cache/apt/archives/libsane-extras_1.0.19.11_i386.deb # dpkg --force-overwrite -i \ /path/to/alienated/deb/iscan_2.10.0-2_i386.deb Cheers, Johannes
