Simple Linux SANE Scanning Application in C

The sample demonstrates how to implement a simple document scanning application on Linux in C.

Getting Started

1. Install SANE:

   sudo apt-get update
   sudo apt-get install sane
   

2. Download sane-backends-1.0.25.

3. Extract the package and generate a symlink:

   Ubuntu

   sudo ln –s /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsane.so.1 /usr/lib/libsane.so

   Raspberry Pi

   sudo ln –s /usr/lib/arm-linux-gnueabihf/libsane.so.1 /usr/lib/libsane.so

4. Get the source code and change the include path:

   SANE_INCLUDE=<Your SANE package path>/include
   

5. Build the project:

   make
   

6. Run the application:

   sudo ./hellosane
   

Reference

• SANE - Documentation