[sane-devel] I want to test the Sane backend for Canon Pixma MG3670 Multi-functional Scanner-Printer I have

[Rolf Bensch]

Hi Rajib,

You don't need to install Sane frontends. You can use scanimage from the
backends installation or any other frontend, e.g. xsane.

Cheers,
Rolf


Am 10.02.2016 um 09:06 schrieb Susmita/Rajib Bandopadhyay:
> according to direction in the file, I went to and downloaded the two
> files from http://www.sane-project.org/snapshots/
> 
> sane-backends-git20160210.tar.gz sane-frontends-git20160210.tar.gz
> I unZipped the files to two separate folders and tried to run:
> /.configure
> make && sudo make install
> 
> These don't work. The frontend says about gtk:
> #################################################
> ##########    Frontend      ##########################
> #################################################
>     ...
>     checking for GTK+ - version >= 2.0.0... no
>     *** Could not run GTK+ test program, checking why...
>     *** The test program failed to compile or link. See the file
> config.log for the
>     *** exact error that occured. This usually means GTK+ is
> incorrectly installed.
>     configure: WARNING: *** GIMP 2.0 plugin requested, but GTK+ 2.0
> not found, falling back to GIMP/GTK+ < 2.0 if possible ***
>     checking for gtk-config... no
>     checking for GTK - version >= 0.99.13... no
>     *** The gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found
>     *** If GTK was installed in PREFIX, make sure PREFIX/bin is in
>     *** your path, or set the GTK_CONFIG environment variable to the
>     *** full path to gtk-config.
>     checking for gimp-config... no
>     checking for gimptool... no
>     checking libgimp/gimp.h usability... no
>     checking libgimp/gimp.h presence... no
>     checking for libgimp/gimp.h... no
>     checking libgimp/gimpfeatures.h usability... no
>     checking libgimp/gimpfeatures.h presence... no
>     checking for libgimp/gimpfeatures.h... no
>     no
>     *** Could not run GIMP test program, checking why...
>     ****************************************************************
>     WARNING: GTK-0.99.13 or newer is needed for compiling the GUI
>     frontends. If you installed gtk as rpm make sure
>     you also installed gtk-devel.
>     ===> GUIs will be deactivated
>     ****************************************************************
> 
>     You may need to remove /dev/null before you run configure again.
> 
>     configure: creating ./config.status
>     config.status: creating Makefile
>     config.status: WARNING: 'Makefile.in' seems to ignore the
> --datarootdir setting
>     config.status: creating lib/Makefile
>     config.status: WARNING: 'lib/Makefile.in' seems to ignore the
> --datarootdir setting
>     config.status: creating src/Makefile
>     config.status: WARNING: 'src/Makefile.in' seems to ignore the
> --datarootdir setting
>     config.status: creating sanei/Makefile
>     config.status: WARNING: 'sanei/Makefile.in' seems to ignore the
> --datarootdir setting
>     config.status: creating doc/Makefile
>     config.status: WARNING: 'doc/Makefile.in' seems to ignore the
> --datarootdir setting
>     config.status: creating include/Makefile
>     config.status: WARNING: 'include/Makefile.in' seems to ignore the
> --datarootdir setting
>     config.status: creating include/sane/config.h
>     config.status: include/sane/config.h is unchanged
>     ****************************************************************
>     * *
>     * SANE-FRONTENDS configure status: *
>     * -------------------------------- *
>     * * GTK not found: GUIs deactivated *
>     * *
>     ****************************************************************
>     * *
>     * To compile SANE-FRONTENDS: *
>     * -------------------------- *
>     * make *
>     * make install *
>     * *
>     * ------------------------------------------------------------ *
>     * ... PLEASE READ SANE DOCUMENTATION BEFORE STARTING SANE ... *
>     * ------------------------------------------------------------ *
>     * *
>     * If you experience any problems with sane-frontends please *
>     * write to the sane list at sane-devel at lists.alioth.debian.org *
>     * *
>     ****************************************************************
> 
> I do indeed have libgtk of version 3.4.2-7 in my system.
> #####################################################
> ###############Backend###############################
> #####################################################
> 
> Then I tried to install sane-backends.
> There, with ./configure I find:
> Avahi support: no
> SNMP support:  no
> -> The following backends will be built:
> abaton agfafocus apple artec artec_eplus48u as6e avision bh canon
> canon630u canon_dr cardscan coolscan coolscan2 coolscan3 dc25 dmc
> epjitsu epson epson2 fujitsu genesys gt68xx hp hp3500 hp3900 hp4200
> hp5400 hp5590 hpljm1005 hs2p ibm kodak kodakaio kvs1025 kvs20xx
> kvs40xx leo lexmark ma1509 magicolor matsushita microtek microtek2
> mustek mustek_usb mustek_usb2 nec net niash pie pieusb pixma plustek
> plustek_pp qcam ricoh rts8891 s9036 sceptre sharp sm3600 sm3840
> snapscan sp15c st400 stv680 tamarack teco1 teco2 teco3 test u12 umax
> umax_pp umax1220u xerox_mfp p5
> 
> -> The following preload backends will be built:
> 
> ****************************************************************
> 
> No preload backends were named.
> Are the two, avahi and snmp, mandatory?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Rajib
>