Erik Rossen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi,
> The information for installing the epkowa backend, found in > /usr/share/doc/libsane-extras/README.Debian, needs to be updated because > Avasys has changed their packaging of iscan and the proprietary firmware Err, I just checked, and, no, nothing changed. The interpreter libs (and not firmware or whatever) are still shipped in a dedicated RPM package. > that they distribute. In addition, the method for installing the files > proposed in README.Debian can be improved upon somewhat. Let's have a look at what you're proposing... > fakeroot alien -d iscan-2.3.0-1.c2.i386.rpm > fakeroot alien -d iscan-plugin-gt-f700-2.0.0-0.c2.i386.rpm > > As root: > dpkg-divert --package iscan --add /usr/share/man/man5/sane-epkowa.5.gz > dpkg-divert --package iscan --add /usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.la > dpkg-divert --package iscan --add /usr/lib/sane/libsane-epkowa.so.1 > dpkg -i iscan_2.3.0-2_i386.deb > dpkg -i iscan-plugin-gt-f700_2.0.0-1_i386.deb I'm sorry to tell you, but you're 10 days late for April 1st. All you need is the interpreter lib; the install instructions in the README.Debian are valid and describe the recommended way to install the interpreter libraries as far as Debian is concerned. JB. -- Julien BLACHE - Debian & GNU/Linux Developer - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Public key available on <http://www.jblache.org> - KeyID: F5D6 5169 GPG Fingerprint : 935A 79F1 C8B3 3521 FD62 7CC7 CD61 4FD7 F5D6 5169 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
