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gscan2pdf error message on startup? - lintek - 09-05-2019

I get this error (?) message every time I start gscan2pdf scanner program.  Any ideas how to fix it?

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Is it just a matter of installing something called PDFTK?

Re: gscan2pdf error message on startup? - Valtam - 09-05-2019

Code:
sudo apt-get install pdftk


Re: gscan2pdf error message on startup? - lintek - 09-05-2019

tried that - no luck here were the results:

Quote:Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree     
Reading state information... Done
Package pdftk is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'pdftk' has no installation candidate


Re: gscan2pdf error message on startup? - Valtam - 09-06-2019

Where did you get gscan2pdf from?

Re: gscan2pdf error message on startup? - lintek - 09-06-2019

http://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/

Quote:sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jeffreyratcliffe/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gscan2pdf


Re: gscan2pdf error message on startup? - Valtam - 09-06-2019

You don't need a PPA, gscan2pdf is already available in 4.x

Uninstall the program, remove the PPA as per the Help Manual instructions.

Then:

Code:
apt policy gscan2pdf

should return something like:

Code:
gscan2pdf:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.1.0-1
  Version table:
     2.1.0-1 500
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages

if the version info is the same as above, then:

Code:
sudo apt-get install gscan2pdf

and in future, consult the Forums before adding PPA's, they are complicated. Cheers Smile

Re: gscan2pdf error message on startup? - lintek - 09-06-2019

(09-06-2019, 07:30 AM)Jerry link Wrote: ...and in future, consult the Forums before adding PPA's, they are complicated. Cheers Smile

THANKS - FIXED!  Will do.  Just trying to figure out things on my own instead of being so needy.  But you always come through, so THANKS!

Re: gscan2pdf error message on startup? - Valtam - 09-06-2019

All good Smile

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