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!! Software setup
-The [API] used for accessing scanners under [Linux] is called [SANE].
+The [API] used for accessing scanners under [Linux] is called [SANE]. You might need to install these packages for Debian/Ubuntu - sane, sane-utils, xsane
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[USB] scanners have their driver in UserSpace (at least in 2.6 LinuxKernel~s), and this is provided by the sane backend using <tt>libusb</tt>. For this to work, you will need the virtual <tt>usbfs</tt> filesystem mounted on <tt>/proc/bus/usb</tt> (although your distribution should do this automatically).
You can control which scanner drivers are loaded in [SANE]'s <tt>dll.conf</tt> file (located in <tt>/etc/sane.d/dll.conf</tt> in [Debian] Sarge.)
