On Thu, 2005-04-07 at 16:11 -0400, Rayudu Addagarla wrote: > Thanks > I read that document. > But the thing is if i have to give a customer a a sane backend how do i do > that. > I dont expect a customer to do all the steps as a developer. > copying the C files and doing configure and make , make install > > What I would like to have is, I have to give is tar file and say run install. > if i can copy the libraries in the corresponding places in > /usr/local/lib/sane/libsane-ray* > and > /usr/local/etc/sane.d/ray.conf and make an entry in dll.conf > will that work. > > > thanks > Rayudu > On Apr 6, 2005 3:47 PM, gerard klaver <ger...@gkall.hobby.nl> wrote: > > On Wed, 2005-04-06 at 15:26 -0400, Rayudu Addagarla wrote: > > > Hello > > > I am starting to write a backend , > > > but wanted to test if by renaming a library of the existing backend > > > will it work. > > > > > > i have a hp 2200C scanner; > > > This works with a plustek backend > > > > > > scanimage -d plustek:libusb:001:002 works great. > > > > > > scanimage -L > > > gives output 'plustek:libusb:001:002 > > > > > > how does sane/scanimage know which backend to pickup. > > > > > > if the scanimage depends on the -d option, i should be able to say > > > scanimage -dray:libusb:001:002 > > > and i have entry ray in dll.conf > > > and moved plustek.conf to ray.conf > > > and renamed all libsane-plustek.* to libsane-ray.* > > > > > > I thought it should pick up and scan. > > > why would it not do. > > > > > > if i create my own backend, how ill sane know to check or try using > > > the backend i made. > > > > > > say suppose; i create one ray.c and create libsane-ray.la and > > > libsane-ray.so.1 > > > and copy into /usr/local/lib/sane where other backend are there. > > > and add entry to dll.conf and copy the ray.conf to /usr/local/etc/sane.d/ > > > > > > Will it work? > > > > > > where does sane look for entries. > > > what are the paths it looks. > > > > > > > > > thanks > > > Ray > > > > > > > One document which may help you is in SANE CVS > > experimental/genesys/README > > > > it explains how a backend can be included in the SANE backend tree > > > > -- > > -------- > > m.vr.gr. > > Gerard Klaver > > > > > >
One step is to check the Debian libsane-extras package or check how some other vendors have done that (like epkowa, hpiao, brother, samsung backend) -- -------- m.vr.gr. Gerard Klaver
