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How to install GScan2PDF in Ubuntu

To install GScan2PDF in Ubuntu

GScan2PDF is an open source application used to scan and export the documents into PDF format. It is very easy to use and supports several Linux distributions. GScan2PDF presents a thumbnail view and also enable the users to crop, rotate and delete the scanned pages. Installation of GScan2PDF in Ubuntu is explained in this article .

Installation of GScan2PDF

Run the following command to add the required repository.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jeffreyratcliffe/ppa
[sudo] password for user1: 
 gscan2pdf packages and dependencies
 More info: https://launchpad.net/~jeffreyratcliffe/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding it

gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp4zq8po6g/secring.gpg'  created
gpg: keyring `/tmp/tmp4zq8po6g/pubring.gpg'  created
gpg: requesting key 5BC3E400 from hkp server keyserver.ubuntu.com
gpg: /tmp/tmp4zq8po6g/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: key 5BC3E400: public key " Launchpad PPA for Jeffrey Ratcliffe"  imported
gpg: Total number processed: 1
gpg:               imported: 1  (RSA: 1)
OK


Next you need to update the newly added repository with the " apt-get update" command.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get update
Hit:1 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease          
Get:2 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeffreyratcliffe/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease [17.5 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [94.5 kB]                 
Get:4 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [95.7 kB]                
Get:5 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeffreyratcliffe/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main amd64 Packages [772 B]
Get:6 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeffreyratcliffe/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages [772 B]
Get:7 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jeffreyratcliffe/ppa/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en [576 B]
Hit:8 http://in.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease                        
Fetched 210 kB in 2s (79.2 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done


Now its time to install the GScan2PDF package by using the following command.

user1@linuxhelp:~$ sudo apt-get install gscan2pdf
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
  binutils cpp-5 djvulibre-bin g++-5 gcc-5 gcc-5-base gimp gimp-data i965-va-driver
  libaacs0 libamd2.4.1 libasan2 libatomic1 libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavformat-ffmpeg56
  libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbabl-0.1-0 libbdplus0 libblas-common libblas3 libbluray1
  libcairo-perl libcamd2.4.1 libcc1-0 libccolamd2.9.1 libcholmod3.0.6 libcilkrts5
  libconfig-general-perl libcrystalhd3 libextutils-depends-perl libextutils-pkgconfig-perl
  libfilesys-df-perl libfont-ttf-perl libgcc-5-dev libgegl-0.3-0 libgfortran3 libgimp2.0
  libglib-perl libgme0 libgomp1 libgoo-canvas-perl libgoocanvas-common libgoocanvas3
  libgraphicsmagick++-q16-12 libgraphicsmagick-q16-3 libgsm1 libgtk2-ex-podviewer-perl
  libgtk2-ex-simple-list-perl libgtk2-imageview-perl libgtk2-perl libgtkimageview0
  libimage-magick-perl libimage-magick-q16-perl libio-stringy-perl libitm1 liblapack3
.
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Setting up vdpau-driver-all:amd64 (1.1.1-3ubuntu1) ...
Setting up pdf2djvu (0.9.3-1build2) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...


GScan2PDF is now ready to use. Open the installed application through command prompt or else Unity dashboard.

To uninstall Gscan2pdf

Run the following command to remove the Gscan2pdf package.

user1@linuxhelp:~$  sudo apt-get remove gscan2pdf
Tag : PDF Reader
FAQ
Q
How to check the log file for GScan2PDF?
A
By using this command you can check log file'

Syntax: "gscan2pdf --log=file.log"
Q
Where is the configuration file of the GScan2PDF?
A
gscan2pdf creates a text resource file in ~/.config/gscan2pdfrc and it is the configuration file.
Q
How to check the log file for GScan2PDF?
A
By using this command you can check log file'
Syntax: "gscan2pdf --log=file.log"
Q
What is the purpose of using the GScan2PDF?
A
Gscan2PDF is an open source GUI based application used for creating PDF and DjVu files from scanned documents. If a Scanner is connected to the system with Gscan2PDF, this application can be
Q
How to Building gscan2pdf from source?
A
Having downloaded the source either from a Sourceforge file release, or from the Git repository, unpack it if necessary with tar xvfz gscan2pdf-x.x.x.tar.gz cd gscan2pdf-x.x.x
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