[sane-devel] Cannot configure Xsane to use latest Sane backend version

[m. allan noah]

Probably your PATH environment var is set to use /usr/local/bin before
/usr/bin, so you are using the scanimage binary you compiled with
sane-backends, but you have nothing similar for libraries using
LD_LIBRARY_PATH.

you have two choices: 1. recompile sane-backends to overwrite the
version installed by your OS, or 2. teach binaries to load the sane
libs from /usr/local/lib, see man ld.so

allan

On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 7:00 AM, Mik 99 <mik99 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My scanner requires Sane backend version 1.0.23 (Canon i-Sensys MF4430).
>
> I've checked on the Sane Project website and they confirmed that only the
> latest version supports my scanner.
>
> So, I've installed the latest version from git (and made it from the
> source), and then scanimage -V returns:
> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.23; backend version 1.0.23
>
> And it's OK.
>
> But when I install XSane or Simple-Scan, scanimage -V returns:
> scanimage (sane-backends) 1.0.23; backend version 1.0.22
>
> I'm using Linux Mint 13 and its package manager. It won't install Xsane
> without it's dependencies, and those dependencies are older versions.
>
> I've tried symbolic links to point to the latest Sane version, as explained
> in the ReadMe file, but I can't get it to work.
>
> Could someone please tell me how to make XSane use Sane version 1.0.23?
>
> Thank you.
>
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