UIDAI
Unique Identification Authority of India
Planning Commission,
Govt. of India (GoI),
3rd Floor, Tower II,
Jeevan Bharati Building,
Connaught Circus,
New Delhi 110001
DOCUMENT NUMBER: UID_620_ECMP
UBUNTU LINUX SCANNER
INSTALLATION GUIDE
DOCUMENT VERSION 1.2
ENROLMENT CLIENT APPLICATION VERSION 2.2
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Table of Contents
1. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................ 3
1.1 OBJECTIVE OF THIS DOCUMENT................................................................................................. 3
2. SANE INSTALLATION .................................................................................................................. 4
3. SCANNERS INSTALLATION ........................................................................................................ 5
3.1 EPSON PERFECTION V33 ......................................................................................................... 5
4. TROUBLE SHOOTING .................................................................................................................. 6
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1. Introduction
This document describes about installing a scanner and its related libraries on Ubuntu
Linux system.
1.1 Objective of this document
In Aadhaar enrolment, a document scanner is necessary to scan and attach the proofs
provided by the residents. This document illustrates the steps to install SANE service
for Ubuntu and steps to install various scanner provided by different vendors. The
system (laptop/desktop) should be connected with internet to get the SANE library and
its dependencies.
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2. SANE Installation
Run the following commands and edit the files given in the steps to install and run the
SANE service.
1. Install SANE
sudo apt-get install sane
2. Edit ‘Saned’ configuration
Edit the file /etc/default/saned and change the RUN property. Use sudo while
opening the file.
# Set to yes to start saned
RUN=yes
3. Edit ‘[Link]’ configuration
Edit the file /etc/sane.d/[Link] and add localhost to saned hosts.
## saned hosts
localhost
4. Add the ‘saned’ user to ‘lp’ group
sudo adduser saned lp
5. Restart ‘saned’ service
sudo service saned restart
Now SANE service is installed. Proceed with device specific installation as follows.
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3. Scanners Installation
The following scanners are tested with Aadhaar enrolment client and follow the steps provided
in respective sub section to install scanner.
1. Epson Perfection V33
3.1 Epson Perfection V33
Epson provides Linux drivers. Download the following files from Epson’s support web
site ([Link] if not bundled with
client.
iscan-data_1.17.0-2_all.deb
iscan_2.29.1-5~usb0.1.ltdl7_i386.deb
esci-interpreter-perfection-v330_0.1.1-2_i386.deb
Locate the above files in terminal and run the following commands sequentially.
sudo dpkg -i iscan-data_1.17.0-2_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i iscan_2.29.1-5~usb0.1.ltdl7_i386.deb
sudo dpkg -i esci-interpreter-perfection-v330_0.1.1-2_i386.deb
Epson Perfection V33 is installed and ready to work.
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4. Trouble Shooting
1. Scanner name is not appearing in the drop down list of document scan window.
Install the scanner driver.
Connect the scanner and run the following command to get the bus number and
USB number on which scanner is connected.
scanimage –L
This command will display a message similar to one given below.
device `net:[Link]:epkowa:interpreter:002:008' is a Epson (unknown model) flatbed scanner
device `net:localhost:epkowa:interpreter:002:008' is a Epson (unknown model) flatbed scanner
device `epkowa:interpreter:002:008' is a Epson Perfection V33 flatbed scanner
In this message 002 is the bus number and 008 is the USB number.
Run the following command with bus number and usb number.
sudo chmod 2777 /dev/bus/usb/bus_number/usb_number
Ex:
sudo chmod 2777 /dev/bus/usb/002/008
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