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LibraryGeekAdam
Asked: 2012-05-08 08:29:54 +0800 CST

Why can I not install the latest version of gscan2pdf?

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I installed gscan2pdf 0.9.? something from the Software Center. It has bugs in it that will not allow me to import a pdf with images without gscan only importing the images and ignoring the text.

I found this online and read that it is fixed in gscan2pdf-1.0.4 which is available on Sourceforge. Whenever I try to install it thought it, the install fails and Synaptic will not update past 0.9. Why is this and how can I get gscan2pdf-1.0.4 on my computer? Thank you.

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2 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    I was able to use gscan2pdf > 1.0 on Ubuntu 11.04 and without problem I use on current Ubuntu 12.04 from Jeffrey Ratcliffe PPA: https://launchpad.net/~jeffreyratcliffe/+archive/ppa

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  2. Not sure what is specific about gcan2pdfthat you need, but the installed 'Simplescan' has an output option to save a scannned image as a PDF. Would that help??

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