I ran the command and it worked but this appeared in the terminal window. Should I worry about the bash error?
> IPv6 support: yes > -> The following backends will be built: > abaton agfafocus apple artec as6e avision bh canon canon630u coolscan > coolscan2 dc25 dmc epson fujitsu genesys gt68xx hp leo lexmark > matsushita microtek microtek2 mustek mustek_usb nec pie pixma plustek > plustek_pp ricoh s9036 sceptre sharp sp15c st400 tamarack test teco1 > teco2 teco3 umax umax_pp umax1220u artec_eplus48u ma1509 ibm hp5400 > u12 snapscan niash sm3840 hp4200 sm3600 hp3500 stv680 qcam v4l net > mustek_usb2 > **************************************************************** > * Please be sure to read file PROBLEMS in this directory * > * BEFORE running any of the SANE applications. Some devices * > * may be damaged by inproper operation, so please do heed this * > * advice. * > **************************************************************** > robin at robin-desktop:~/download/SaneBackends/sane-backends-1.0.18$ > > bash: syntax error near unexpected token `newline' > robin at robin-desktop:~/download/SaneBackends/sane-backends-1.0.18$ > > it is a command, which you must run while you are in the > sane-backends-1.0.18 dir, except that it should have only had one dot > before /confgure, i think i mis-typed it before. you might find 'cd' a > little difficult to use since you put a space in one of the dir names. > you might want to rename that. its a unix-ism you'll get used to... > > allan > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Finally - A spam blocker that actually works. http://www.bluebottle.com