You don't need the latest Perl or the latest version of any of the dependencies to try out the latest gscan2pdf. Just try the .deb for the latest gscan2pdf, and if it doesn't start, give me the error messages from the command line, and we'll work from there.
- Bug#812884: gscan2pdf: Changing the resolution is not pe... xan
- Bug#812884: gscan2pdf: Changing the resolution is n... Jeffrey Ratcliffe