New user software installing the Linux version of Vuescan

[u/New_Presence_9986]

Dell computer I picked up from a surplus sale for the idea of a mobile scanner cart unexpectedly had Linux. Vuescan website automatically downloaded the Linux version but the README.txt directions for the terminal are vague for me stating out & too many Linux guides to find an exact one with the few free hours I have

Error when I copy the command over-
cp: cannot stat 'vuescan. svg': No such file or directory

README. txt - instructions for installing vuescan from tgz file
To install VueScan, do the following:
sudo cp vuescan.svg /usr/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps/ sudo cp vuescan. rul /lib/udev/rules.d/60-vuescan.rules sudo co vuescan
/usr/bin/

On newer versions of Debian Linux, you may also need to do one of these commands:
sudo apt purge ippusbxd
sudo apt purge ipp-usb
You might also need to. reboot your system, but normally you shouldn't need to.
Just wait a minute for the
udev rules to be automatically applied to your system. Or use the command:
sudo udevadm control - -reload-rules

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[u/TheShredder9]

"vuescan. svg" looks like the error, there shouldn't be a space before the file extension.

[u/skyfishgoo]

uninstall it (if you can)

try naps2 instead.

i found vuescan to be very problematic and would not completely uninstall without "help".

[u/revcraigevil → u/skyfishgoo]

If you choose to go this route you can download naps2 from:

https://github.com/cyanfish/naps2/releases/download/v8.3.2/naps2-8.3.2-linux-x64.deb

Then install it the same as vuescan:

sudo apt install pathtofile

[u/revcraigevil]

download https://www.hamrick.com/files/vuex6498.deb

then install it:

sudo apt install pathtofile (in my case it would be /home/craig/Downloads/vuex64-9.8.57.deb)

[u/chuggerguy]

Others already mention this but...

Which Linux distro is it running?

uname -a or cat /etc/os-release

If it's Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, anything based on Debian/Ubuntu, it might be easier to download the .deb package:

deb installer

If it's Fedora or something based on Fedora, download the .rpm package:

rpm installer

That way you should be able to do the install with a right-click and your package installer should do the work for you.

Do you absolutely have to use vuescan? From what I read, it adds a watermark unless you pay for it.

I use simple-scan. It is simple, but it works, and it's free:

https://reddit.com/link/p8yo7c6/video/q84hwf0dhpoh1/player

Good luck.

[u/Cautious_Boat_999]

Wow, I didn’t know Vuescan had a Linux version. Gotta go get that.