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@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ http://www.sane-project.org/sane-frontends.html. Quick install: ============== +./autogen.sh # only if you just cloned the git repository ./configure make make install @@ -56,6 +57,22 @@ installed. - libgphoto2 (>=2.0): For the gphoto2 backend. +If you got the source straight from the git repository, as opposed to +a source tarball, you will need a few more utilities. These utilities +should normally *not* be needed for source archives downloaded from +the project's website at http://www.sane-project.org/. + + - autoconf (>= 2.69) as well as the autoconf-archive (for the + AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX and AX_CXX_COMPILE_STDCXX_11 macros) + + - automake (>=1.15) + + - libtool (>=2.4.6) + + - gettext (>=0.19.8) + + - git (>= 2.1.4) + SANE should build on most Unix-like systems. Support for OS/2, MacOS X, BeOS, and Microsoft Windows is also available. For more details look at the operating system specific README.* files. For a detailed support matrix, see: @@ -70,7 +87,7 @@ Please check that there aren't any older versions of SANE installed on your system. Especially if SANE libraries are installed in a different prefix directory (e.g. /usr/lib/) this may cause problems with external frontends. Please remove these libraries (libsane.*, sane/libsane-*) by using -your packet manager or manually before installing this version of SANE. +your package manager or manually before installing this version of SANE. Configuration @@ -127,10 +144,10 @@ to the epson2 and fujitsu backends: ./configure BACKENDS="epson2 fujitsu" To limit the backends that are preloaded into the DLL, set the variable -PRELOADABLE_BACKENDS. The following will limit compiling to the epson2 +PRELOADABLE_BACKENDS. The following will limit compiling to the epson2 and fujitsu backends but only preloads the epson2 backend: - ./configure BACKENDS="epson2 futjisu" PRELOADABLE_BACKENDS="epson2" + ./configure BACKENDS="epson2 fujitsu" PRELOADABLE_BACKENDS="epson2" In addition to these configuration options, there are some more SANE-specific options and many standard-options. To get a description of available options, |