Re: sane and iscan and rpm

From: Paul Pygeon (ppigeonNOSPAM_at_globetrotter.net)
Date: 11/08/04 

Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 02:03:20 GMT

Le Dimanche 07 Novembre 2004 20:47 foamy a écrit en cette journée dans
comp.os.linux.advocacy:

>> So I have two questions for you experts.  One, is it possible easily to
>> convert a tarball to an rpm file?  Two, if I rename the sane.rpm file to
>> sane-backends.rpm and install that file, under which name will it be
>> recognized by Iscan and apt-get?  Maybe there's a third question.  Is it
>> possible to fool rpm into recognizing a tarball install?

I've an Epson 1260 photo since "two years" and it work great with Linux. Two
minutes to configure it. Don't use tarball on a rpm distribution. Just
download latest sane and xsane rpms for your distribution and install them.
Epson 1250 use plustek driver I think, like my 1260. Normaly, your
distribution will recognize automaticaly your scanner.

So don't listen "foamy" suggestion. Like many of this group have said: He is
a wintroll and he don't know anything about Linux.

Sorry for my bad english, it's not my native language :)

Bye

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