Umm ... sorry ... you were right (copied below) ... so why the error message and iscan not working ?
I have the impression I should fiddle with a script and create a symlink for the gimp plugin. Adam. > Tux:/usr/local/lib# ls > codecs libesmod.so.1.1.0 > libgnutls-extra.la libtasn1.so > gaim libgaim-remote.la > libgnutls-extra.so libtasn1.so.2 > gg2 libgaim-remote.so > libgnutls-extra.so.7 libtasn1.so.2.0.6 > hxplay libgaim-remote.so.0 > libgnutls-extra.so.7.0.12 libz.a > libesint1F.so libgaim-remote.so.0.0.0 > libgnutls.a pkgconfig > libesint1F.so.1 libgcrypt.a > libgnutls.la python2.1 > libesint1F.so.1.0.0 libgcrypt.la > libgnutls.so python2.2 > libesint23.so libgcrypt.so > libgnutls.so.7 python2.3 > libesint23.so.1 libgcrypt.so.1 > libgnutls.so.7.0.12 sane > libesint23.so.1.0.0 libgcrypt.so.1.5.1 > libsane.la site_ruby > libesint32.so libgg2_core.la > libsane.so texmf > libesint32.so.1 libgg2_core.so > libsane.so.1 win32 > libesint32.so.1.0.0 libgg2_core.so.2 libsane.so.1.0.12 > libesmod.so libgg2_core.so.2.0.0 libtasn1.a > libesmod.so.1 libgnutls-extra.a libtasn1.la > Tux:/usr/local/lib# Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >Adam Bogacki <a...@paradise.net.nz> writes: > >Hi Adam, > >Sorry for the belated reply. We had a company summer break all of >8/13-8/16. > > > >>Hi, I just thought I'd mention that apart from apparently needing >>'libesmod.so.1, I'm using kernel 2.6.5 and running Gimp 2.* ... I >>noticed something somewhere that it might be a problem for iscan to >>run with this combination. >> >> > >iscan does not work with GIMP 2.* yet, but kernel 2.6.5 should be OK. >Using 2.6.7 myself. > > > >>Are there any other options for getting a scanner working with 2.6.5 >>& Gimp 2 ? >> >> > >Install iscan and use the xsane plugin for the GIMP. IIRC, it works >fine with GIMP 2.*. Note that xsane ought to work with the epkowa >backend from iscan. > > > >>What pkg does 'libesdmod.so.1' come in ? >> >> > >iscan-1.10.0-3.i386.rpm, iscan-1.10.0-3.tar.gz :-) > >It's called libesmod.so and when doing a `make install` it should end >up in $(libdir)/libesmod.so.1.1.0 with libesmod.so and libesmod.so.1 >symlinks in $(libdir) pointing to it. ># $(libdir) is probably /usr/local/lib/ in your case. >BTW, it's in the non-free/ directory. > >HTH, > > > >>Adam Bogacki. >>Olaf Meeuwissen wrote: >> >> Adam Bogacki <a...@paradise.net.nz> writes: >> >> >> >> Thanks Olaf, but see below. I'm running unstable. >> >> >> >> Me, I'm running testing (upgraded just about daily ;-). >> >> >> >> Tux:~# apt-get install libpng-dev >>[snip] >>The following packages have unmet dependencies: >> libpng-dev: Depends: libpng3 (= 1.2.1-1.1.woody.7) but 1.2.5.0-7 >>is to be installed >>E: Broken packages >>Tux:~# >> >> >> >> Sorry about that. I made a mental note to check which libpng-dev you >>would need but forgot to do so. >> >>The thing is that libpng versioning is/was a bit of a mess upstream >>and that reflected in the Debian packages. The libpng-dev package is >>provided by several packages, including libpng10-dev and libpng12-dev, >>perhaps there is/was even a libpng2-dev and libpng3-dev. :-( >> >>>From the looks of the debian/pool/ is seems that: >> >> libpng10-dev == libpng2-dev >> libpng12-dev == libpng3-dev >> >>I'm using libpng12-dev. You're running unstable, so should probably >>be fine using the same. >> >>BTW, if you want to use iscan as a GIMP plugin, make sure you have >>gdk-imlib1-dev installed and for libusb (required with USB scanners >>for kernels >= 2.6.3) make sure you have a version more recent than >>0.1.6. libusb-dev from testing is fine, so your version from unstable >>should be to. >> >>HTH, >> >>
