4-2 Installing a tar file Execute the following command to complete the installation.
# tar -zxvf iscan-${version}-${release}.tar.gz # cd iscan-${version} # ./configure # make # make install So instead of just ./configure, you would use: # ./configure --prefix=/usr Please ignore the bit about the need to install SANE from tar in that case. > I would appreciate it if you would give me the exact command line. Hope this helps, > Thank you. > > CSSJR > > > Quoting Olaf Meeuwissen (olaf.meeuwissen at avasys.jp): > >> Claude Sutton <claudesutton at suttonmachine.com> writes: >> >> > I installed iscan-2.7.0-1.tar.gz >> > >> > So I have to install the RPM package as well? >> >> Yes, you have to install iscan-plugin-gt-x750-1.0.0-1.c2.i386.rpm. >> >> > I don't think Ubuntu supports rpm's. >> >> That's easily fixed with alien. You can use >> >> sudo alien --scripts --install iscan-plugin-gt-x750-1.0.0-1.c2.i386.rpm >> >> to install. Doing the same for the iscan RPM has been reported to >> "work" by several people but EPSON AVASYS doesn't test that. Just >> make sure you use the --scripts option. If you don't you're in for >> trouble as you'll have to do a lot manually yourself ;-) >> >> One more point, seeing you compiled from source, you probably didn't >> use --prefix=/usr at ./configure time. This _could_ be a cause of >> trouble. Again EPSON AVASYS doesn't test that. >> >> Finally, your machine is 32-bit Intel, right? The plugin won't work >> on 64-bit machines (unless you run a mixed 32/64-bit setup and even >> then it gets ugly). >> >> Hope this helps, >> >> > CSSJR >> > >> > Quoting Olaf Meeuwissen (olaf.meeuwissen at avasys.jp): >> > >> >> Claude Sutton <claudesutton at suttonmachine.com> writes: >> >> >> >> > I followed Olaf's instructions and after the reinstall, no contact with >> >> > the >> >> > scanner. >> >> > >> >> > So I ran sane-find-scanner and: >> >> > >> >> >> sane-find-scanner returns the following and I have no idea what to do >> >> >> with >> >> >> the information. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x0c88, product=0x17da) at libusb:006:002 >> >> >> found USB scanner (vendor=0x0483 [STMicroelectronics], product=0x2016 >> >> >> [Biometric Coprocessor]) at libusb:004:003 >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > I have an Epson Photo 4490 scanner. >> >> > >> >> > Does anyone have a suggestion as to what to try next? >> >> >> >> Have you installed the non-free i386-only iscan-plugin-gt-x750 package? >> >> Without it, the scanner is not supported by the epkowa backend which >> >> comes as part of iscan. >> >> >> >> Hope this helps, -- Olaf Meeuwissen FLOSS Engineer -- EPSON AVASYS Corporation FSF Associate Member #1962 sign up at http://member.fsf.org/ GnuPG key: 6BE37D90/AB6B 0D1F 99E7 1BF5 EB97 976A 16C7 F27D 6BE3 7D90 Penguin's lib! -- I hack, therefore I am -- LPIC-2