How to Install and Uninstall sane-backends Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "sane-backends" package

This is a short guide on how to install sane-backends on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                sane-backends
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "sane-backends" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall sane-backends on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                sane-backends
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the sane-backends package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package sane-backends:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : sane-backends
Version : 1.2.1-2.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 20.0 MiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : sane-backends-1.2.1-2.1.src
Upstream URL : http://www.sane-project.org/
Summary : SANE (Scanner Access Now Easy) Scanner Drivers
Description :
The software consists of SANE scanner drivers,
"scanimage," and the "saned" daemon.
A SANE scanner driver is used via a SANE front-end.
This package contains the command line front-end "scanimage".
There are graphical front-ends in other packages like
XSane (package xsane), Skanlite for KDE4 (package skanlite),
and Kooka for KDE3 (package kdegraphics3-scan).
The "saned" daemon provides the service "sane-port"
to access scanners that are connected to a server
via network from client hosts that run the "net" meta driver.