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Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available!
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Yesterday, 02:31 PM (This post was last modified: Yesterday, 03:15 PM by Andrew_P. Edit Reason: inadvertently quoted previous post )
(Yesterday, 11:52 AM)rich2005 Wrote: I said I would try a Mint 22.1 VM, new installation & updated. No Gimp installed

xsane 0.999 from the repo works and using my ancient Canon LiDE 30 (usb) scanner looks like this:



Note that Gimp 2 is a dependency (Gimp 2.10.36 is the default for 'buntu 24.04 / Mint 22 )

....the question is where did the Gimp 3.0.4 come from ?

GIMP 3.0.4 was pushed as an update by Linux Mint, overwriting the default GIMP 2.10.36 that I installed when I set the system up from scratch in November 2024.
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Yesterday, 03:04 PM
(Yesterday, 02:31 PM)Andrew_P Wrote: GIMP 3.0.4 was pushed as an update by Linux Mint, overwriting the default GIMP 2.10.36 that I installed when I set the system up from scratch in November 2024.

The only problem there is, Gimp 3.0.4 is not standard in Mint 22.1 Gimp either came from a PPA or flatpak (or maybe an appimage). Even with Mint 22.1 Gimp comes fron ubuntu 24.04 and is 2.10.36

Packing in for a break but much trying out to see what works / does not work and not much works.

The default xsane 0.999 works stand-alone
For Gimp 2.10.36 the plugin that xsane 0.999 installs does not work - not a surprise , been broken a long time.

Using a PPA for Gimp 3.0.4 there are two that I know of
https://launchpad.net/~ubuntuhandbook1/+...ntu/gimp-3
https://launchpad.net/~mati75/+archive/ubuntu/gimp30

I had problems with GEGL - version too old, but I will go back sometime and try again. Using a Gimp 3.0.4 appimage There is a problem with the plugin - looks like a python incompatibility.

As a non- Mint check using kubuntu 25.04 , comes with Gimp 3.0.2 as default, xsane 0.999 and the xsanecli plugin works.

A real can of worms. At least with Mint 22.1 you can still scan & save to an image for editing with (whichever) Gimp installed.
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Yesterday, 06:53 PM (This post was last modified: Yesterday, 06:54 PM by rich2005.)
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This mix works: Mint 22.1 / Gimp 3.0.4 from https://launchpad.net/~mati75/+archive/ubuntu/gimp30 / xsane 0.999 from repo.

proof Wink about a minute: https://i.imgur.com/j4tPUbw.mp4
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