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RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - Andrew_P - 07-26-2025
(07-26-2025, 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.
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - rich2005 - 07-26-2025
(07-26-2025, 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/+archive/ubuntu/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.
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - rich2005 - 07-26-2025
@Andrew_P
This mix works: Mint 22.1 / Gimp 3.0.4 from https://launchpad.net/~mati75/+archive/ubuntu/gimp30 / xsane 0.999 from repo.
proof
about a minute: https://i.imgur.com/j4tPUbw.mp4
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - jjmeric - 11-09-2025
(01-12-2025, 06:14 AM)snovotill Wrote: I am now able to use my scanner in Gimp 3 thanks to the developer who published it at https://yingtongli.me/git/gimp-xsanecli
It works in Wayland as well as X.
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately it does not work for me :
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'gi'
what should I do to install this lib ?
and an aside (and acid) remark : why is it so difficult to add a scan menu to GIMP on Ubuntu ???
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - Ofnuts - 11-10-2025
That should have worked. gi is the general support for Glib introspection. Comes with python3-gi among other things. Pretty much part of a standard install AFAIK. What version of Ubuntu are you on? And what version of Gimp are you using with what packaging (snap/deb/flatpak/other)?
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - jsamb - 01-10-2026
Using Ubuntu 24.04 / Gimp 3.0.6 and xscane 0.999
I see "XSane via CLI..." in the GIMP menu.
When I click on it nothing happings.
I get the following message:
(gimp:23916): GLib-GIO-WARNING **: 22:25:57.756: Error creating IO channel for /proc/self/mountinfo: Permission denied (g-file-error-quark, 2)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/home/jan/snap/gimp/542/.config/GIMP/3.0/plug-ins/xsanecli/xsanecli.py", line 53, in xsanecli_run
proc = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, encoding='utf-8', env=xsane_env)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
File "/snap/gimp/542/gnome-platform/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1026, in __init__
self._execute_child(args, executable, preexec_fn, close_fds,
File "/snap/gimp/542/gnome-platform/usr/lib/python3.12/subprocess.py", line 1955, in _execute_child
raise child_exception_type(errno_num, err_msg, err_filename)
FileNotFoundError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: '/usr/bin/xsane'
When I start xsane directly in Python, everything works fine.
Does anyone have any idea how I can set the mount permission correctly?
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import os, subprocess, tempfile
tempDir = tempfile.mkdtemp('gimp-plugin-xsanecli')
png_out = tempDir+os.sep+'out.png'
args = ['xsane', '--save', '--no-mode-selection', '--force-filename', png_out, '--print-filenames']
proc = subprocess.Popen(args, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, encoding='utf-8', env=dict(os.environb))
if os.path.isfile(png_out): os.remove(png_out)
if os.path.isdir(tempDir): os.rmdir(tempDir)
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - mrseudo - 02-09-2026
Plug-in is working correctly in GIMP 3.0 on Debian Trixie, but due to a recent update, XSane's preview window bugs out. Reading up on this, the workaround is to issue the --sync option when calling xsane. To get this to work with the plug-in, I had to add this argument to the args in line 52 of the Python code.
args = ['xsane', '--save', '--no-mode-selection', '--force-filename', png_out, '--print-filenames', '--sync'] ...
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - beiruty - 03-16-2026
Installed the xsanecli plugin in Gimp 3.2rc2 . The Xscane does work. However, after I scan a page.The captured page is not returned
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - rich2005 - 03-17-2026
(03-16-2026, 04:15 PM)beiruty Wrote: Installed the xsanecli plugin in Gimp 3.2rc2 . The Xscane does work. However, after I scan a page.The captured page is not returned
Does that mean that using Gimp File -> Create -> Xsane via CLI XSANE open and scans but the image does not open in Gimp (that is the way it reads to me) This in a Mint 22.3 / Gimp 3.2 (from PPA) and you can see it works here.
[attachment=14320]
You do have to be careful with the device name, might not be the same as XSANE shows. Check in a terminal using scanimage -L
In the plugin, line 30 your scanner name goes as DEVICE_NAME = "plustek:libusb:001:002"
Maybe some more details and see if anyone comes up with an answer.
Which linux distro?
Which Gimp package, Flatpak , Snap , Appimage or from the disto repository.
When did you download the plugin package ? I see it has recently been updated for Wayland, but still works ok here with Xorg.
RE: Gimp 3.x scanner xsane plugin is now available! - beiruty - 03-17-2026
Using DEVICE_NAME = 'escl:https://192.168.1.66:443'
I can preview scan, scan, but no returned image to GIMP see photo link below
I will try now using the alternate name of the HP Printer/Scanner
DEVICE_NAME = hpaio:/net/hp_officejet_pro_9020_series?ip=192.168.1.66&queue=false'
https://1drv.ms/i/c/8967d5a2c9dbd83d/IQADyg2OYl04SY1jD3neD5HYAXI075XcIxD5zpQD4mYpurU?e=p9rUL9
I am using EndeavourOS, with latest updated
Operating System: EndeavourOS
KDE Plasma Version: 6.6.2
KDE Frameworks Version: 6.24.0
Qt Version: 6.10.2
Kernel Version: 6.19.8-x64v2-xanmod1 (64-bit)
Graphics Platform: Wayland
Processors: 8 × Intel® Core™ i7-2600K CPU @ 3.40GHz
Memory: 16 GiB of RAM (15.6 GiB usable)
Graphics Processor: AMD Radeon VII
Name : gimp-git
Version : 3.2.0.r17.g60d3caa-1
Description : GNU Image Manipulation Program
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gimp
Licenses : GPL-3.0-or-later
Groups : None
Provides : gimp=3.2.0.r17.g60d3caa
Depends On : appstream babl cairo cfitsio ffmpeg gegl lcms2 libgexiv2 libgudev librsvg libwmf libxmu mypaint-brushes openexr poppler-data poppler-glib python-gobject sdl2
Optional Deps : aalib: ASCII art support [installed]
alsa-lib: for MIDI event controller module [installed]
curl: for URI support [installed]
ghostscript: for postscript support [installed]
gjs: JavaScript scripting support
gutenprint: for sophisticated printing only as gimp has built-in cups print support [installed]
iso-codes: Language support [installed]
libheif: HEIF support [installed]
libjxl: JPEG XL support [installed]
libmng: MNG support [installed]
libwebp: WebP support [installed]
libxpm: XPM support [installed]
lua-lgi: LUA scripting support
luajit: LUA scripting support [installed]
Required By : gimp-plugin-gmic
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : gimp
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 117.58 MiB
Packager : Garuda Builder <team@garudalinux.org>
Build Date : Sun 15 Mar 2026 07:47:06 PM CDT
Install Date : Mon 16 Mar 2026 10:12:24 AM CDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : No
Validated By : SHA-256 Sum Signature
Name : xsane
Version : 0.999-8
Description : A GTK-based X11 frontend for SANE and plugin for GIMP.
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://gitlab.com/sane-project/frontend/xsane
Licenses : GPL2
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : gtk2 lcms2 sane zlib libjpeg
Optional Deps : xsane-gimp: for GIMP plugin support
Required By : None
Optional For : None
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 4.71 MiB
Packager : Unknown Packager
Build Date : Mon 16 Mar 2026 10:17:10 AM CDT
Install Date : Mon 16 Mar 2026 10:17:44 AM CDT
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Validated By : None
It is the same behavior with other device name (same printer/scanner) #DEVICE_NAME = 'hpaio:/net/hp_officejet_pro_9020_series?ip=192.168.1.66&queue=false'