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@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ You always find the most recent version of SANE on: http://www.sane-project.org/ -At the same location there are also links to snapshots of the CVS server and +At the same location there are also links to snapshots of the Git server and sometimes beta releases of sane-backends. These are unstable development versions, so be careful when using them. Please report any problems to us. See contact section for details. @@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ In order to build SANE, the following tools and libraries are required: - GNU make: version 3.70 or newer - - ANSI C compiler: GNU C (gcc) is recommended for best performance, - but any ANSI-compliant compiler should do + - ISO C99 compiler: GNU C (gcc) is recommended for best results, + but any ISO C99 compliant compiler should do + Some more libraries are not strictly necessary to compile SANE, but some functionality may be lost if they are not available. Make sure that these @@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ configure. On some Linux distributions the header files are part of separate packages (e.g. usb.h in libusb-devel or libusb-dev). These must also be installed. - - libusb (>=0.1.8): Strongly recommended if you use a USB scanner. + - libusb: Strongly recommended if you use a USB scanner. Some backends won't work without libusb at all. - libjpeg (>=6B): For the dc210, dc240, and gphoto2 backends. @@ -110,11 +111,6 @@ configure options, there are the following SANE specific options: configuration file. Please refer to the backend's man pages for details. ---disable-translations - Disable installation of translated backend options. If you get - errors in the po/ directory during build, use this option. - See po/README for details. - --enable-locking Means, that some backends will use a lockfile for allowing multiple access to one scanner. This is useful, i.e. one frontend is scanning |