On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:19:54 -0400 Jeffrey Walton <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 24, 2025 at 12:55 PM Tom Browder <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > In order to download and compile simple-scan, it seems I need to > > install the Flatpak development environment. Is that going to cause > > any problems with the normal Debian install//update environment? > > Try "Building Manually From Sources" instead. See > <https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/simple-scan#building-manually-from-source>. > > It has been pointed out that simple-scan is in the Debian repositories, but if there is some need to compile it, there's seems to be little problem. The source code, possibly tweaked for Debian, is also in the repositories. I think it's the word 'compile' that puts people off, as if it has some enormous learning curve. A very long time ago, with a bit of Win95 and NT4.0 experience, I was given a Red Hat 5.2 (*Not* RHEL) CD. I didn't know what to do with it once it was installed, so I bought a Linux magazine, and in it there was an article on compiling a kernel. I had no idea that this was something terribly obscure and difficult, so I did it. No problems, apart from understanding what (some of) the strange options were, and it booted immediately. Even then (about the time of Debian Hamm), a standard Linux came with all the necessary tools for compiling, there's certainly no need for a special environment. It doesn't even need Geany or similar, just a terminal is fine. For anyone who wants a bit of practice in building from source: https://www.linuxfromscratch.org/ -- Joe
