glfs/pst/scanning/xsane.xml

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  <!ENTITY xsane-download-http "http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/hci/sane/xsane/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY xsane-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.sane-project.org/pub/sane/xsane/xsane-&xsane-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY xsane-md5sum        "3d1f889d88c3462594febd53be58c561">
  <!ENTITY xsane-size          "3.1 MB">
  <!ENTITY xsane-buildsize     "21.3 MB">
  <!ENTITY xsane-time          "0.22 SBU">
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<sect1 id="xsane" xreflabel="XSane-&xsane-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="xsane.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
    <keywordset>
      <keyword role="package">xsane-&xsane-version;.tar</keyword>
      <keyword role="ftpdir">xsane</keyword>
    </keywordset>
  </sect1info>

  <title>XSane-&xsane-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="xsane">
    <primary sortas="a-XSane">XSane</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to XSane</title>

    <para><application>XSane</application> is another front end for
    <xref linkend="sane"/>. It has additional features to improve the image
    quality and ease of use compared to <command>xscanimage</command>.</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&xsane-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&xsane-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &xsane-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &xsane-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &xsane-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &xsane-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">XSane Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required"><xref linkend="gtk2"/> or <xref linkend="GTK"/> and
    <xref linkend="sane"/> (back ends)</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional"><xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
    <xref linkend="libjpeg"/> and
    <xref linkend="gimp"/></para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
    <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/xsane"/></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of XSane</title>

    <para>Install <application>XSane</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

    <para>If <application>GIMP</application> is installed, issue the following
    command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>ln -v -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><command>ln -v -s /usr/bin/xsane /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/</command>:
    This creates a link in the system-wide <application>GIMP</application>
    <filename class='directory'>plug-ins</filename> directory so that users can
    access <application>XSane</application> directly from
    <application>GIMP</application>. <application>GIMP</application> must be
    available before building <application>XSane</application> for this to work.
    Alternatively, create the link in <filename
    class='directory'>~/.gimp-2.0/plug-ins/</filename> to provide individual
    user access. <command>man xsane</command> for additional information.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Program</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>xsane</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>/usr/share/sane/xsane</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="xsane-prog">
        <term><command>xsane</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a graphical user-interface to control an image acquisition
          device such as a flatbed scanner.</para>
          <indexterm zone="xsane xsane-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-xsane">xsane</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

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