Greetings. Full specs for my 16.04 system can be found in my profile. Technically, I'm a New Guy. I'm willing to dig around and try things, but I do not speak the Linux shorthand language, and do not yet have memorized all the unspoken but necessary preparatory motions. For me, no step is too small to be assumed and thus undocumented.
Anyway, I've got an Epson ET-4750 wireless printer/scanner. I'm trying to install Epson's scanning utility, wirelessly.
Printing is not a problem. All of the usual programs from which I might want to print -- Open Office; Kate; Okular, etc. -- find the ET-4750 and execute print jobs with no problem. I did not need to install any printer drivers; as far as printing is concerned, it was totally plug-and-play. The problem is connecting with the ET-4750 scanner. EPSON provides out-of-the-box scanner utilities for Windows and MacOS, but not for Linux.
XSane and SimpleScan are intstalled. Each of them indicates it cannot locate any scanning devices (yes, the ET-4750 is powered up and executes wireless print jobs). A check with scanimage and sane-find-scanner confirms:
So, I turned to Epson to find their Linux scanner driver package:
I started here:
Can confirm that the "all-in-one package" says it supports the ET-4750. I ignored the printer drivers and downloaded the 16.04/32-bit scanner driver package:
Using Ark, I extracted the downloaded .zip archive. The readme file contains this instruction for installation:
So that's what I did. I ignored the first command because I had already extracted the .zip file, using Ark. I started with the second command:
I'm not sure what to make of the several messages at the end of the installation routine. I assume the "doesn't support architecture i386" is irrelevant to me, as my system is i686 architecture. But I really have no idea, and I rely upon the wisdom of everyone else here to clue me in.
Anyway, the installation failed. Why do I say that? Because a search for Imagescan in Muon comes up empty; the Imagescan program shows up nowhere in the GUI program menus; and because Konsole says Imagescan cannot not be removed due to the fact that it has not been installed in the first place:
Thinking I might have made a misstep along the way, I wiped the slate clean and started over. I sent the downloaded packages to trash, and returned to Epson to get the driver. For reasons I can't explain but may be related to the fact that I did a fresh -- and thus possibly slightly different -- web search, I found myself at a different front door at Epson:
I downloaded the Ubuntu 32-bit package. I'm not quite sure what to make of the "(i386)" designation on that package, as my architecture is i686; but I don't know if that's relevant.
Once I extracted the package with Ark, I noticed that the package name is different from the package name of my first attempt:
Except for the difference in the name of the package (and whatever might be inside), the package installation instructions are identical to those that accompanied my first attempt, with imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x64.deb
And once again, the installation failed, and appeared to crash upon the same rocks as did the first installation attempt:
Just yesterday in the 17.10 forum there was a post that appeared, possibly, to be relevant to this issue, but I must admit the discussion had too much inside-linux shorthand for me to get any traction.
Thank you for your time.
Anyway, I've got an Epson ET-4750 wireless printer/scanner. I'm trying to install Epson's scanning utility, wirelessly.
Printing is not a problem. All of the usual programs from which I might want to print -- Open Office; Kate; Okular, etc. -- find the ET-4750 and execute print jobs with no problem. I did not need to install any printer drivers; as far as printing is concerned, it was totally plug-and-play. The problem is connecting with the ET-4750 scanner. EPSON provides out-of-the-box scanner utilities for Windows and MacOS, but not for Linux.
XSane and SimpleScan are intstalled. Each of them indicates it cannot locate any scanning devices (yes, the ET-4750 is powered up and executes wireless print jobs). A check with scanimage and sane-find-scanner confirms:
Code:
newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~$ sudo scanimage -L [sudo] password for newguy: No scanners were identified. If you were expecting something different, check that the scanner is plugged in, turned on and detected by the sane-find-scanner tool (if appropriate). Please read the documentation which came with this software (README, FAQ, manpages). newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~$
Code:
newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~$ sudo sane-find-scanner [sudo] password for newguy: # sane-find-scanner will now attempt to detect your scanner. If the # result is different from what you expected, first make sure your # scanner is powered up and properly connected to your computer. # No SCSI scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel SCSI driver for your SCSI adapter. # No USB scanners found. If you expected something different, make sure that # you have loaded a kernel driver for your USB host controller and have setup # the USB system correctly. See man sane-usb for details. # Not checking for parallel port scanners. # Most Scanners connected to the parallel port or other proprietary ports # can't be detected by this program. newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~$
I started here:
Can confirm that the "all-in-one package" says it supports the ET-4750. I ignored the printer drivers and downloaded the 16.04/32-bit scanner driver package:
Using Ark, I extracted the downloaded .zip archive. The readme file contains this instruction for installation:
Change to the folder where you downloaded the scanner driver bundle,
extract it and install all components with
::
tar xaf imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x64.deb.tar.gz
cd imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x64.deb
./install.sh
in a terminal window.
extract it and install all components with
::
tar xaf imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x64.deb.tar.gz
cd imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x64.deb
./install.sh
in a terminal window.
Code:
newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads$ cd imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x86.deb newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x86.deb/install.sh [sudo] password for newguy: Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB] Hit:3 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:5 http://archive.canonical.com xenial InRelease Hit:6 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB] Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fkrull/deadsnakes/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB] Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/python-3.6/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kdenlive/kdenlive-stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:13 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata [67.4 kB] Hit:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:15 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [77.1 kB] Get:16 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe i386 DEP-11 Metadata [107 kB] Get:17 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata [319 kB] Get:18 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [147 kB] Hit:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:20 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons [233 kB] Get:21 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe i386 DEP-11 Metadata [245 kB] Get:22 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/universe DEP-11 64x64 Icons [322 kB] Hit:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:24 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates/multiverse i386 DEP-11 Metadata [7,152 B] Get:25 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata [3,324 B] Get:26 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports/universe i386 DEP-11 Metadata [5,088 B] Ign:27 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial InRelease Ign:28 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial Release Ign:29 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages.diff/Index Ign:30 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:31 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:32 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en.diff/Index Ign:33 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:34 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 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Metadata Ign:34 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Ign:35 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages Ign:30 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:31 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:36 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Ign:33 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:34 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Ign:35 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages Ign:30 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:31 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:36 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Ign:33 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:34 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Ign:35 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages Ign:30 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:31 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:36 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Ign:33 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:34 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Err:35 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages 403 Forbidden Ign:36 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Fetched 1,838 kB in 12s (144 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386' W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-i386/Packages 403 Forbidden E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x86.deb$
Anyway, the installation failed. Why do I say that? Because a search for Imagescan in Muon comes up empty; the Imagescan program shows up nowhere in the GUI program menus; and because Konsole says Imagescan cannot not be removed due to the fact that it has not been installed in the first place:
Code:
newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~$ cd Downloads newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads$ ls FireShot imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x86.deb newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads$ sudo dpkg --remove imagescan [sudo] password for newguy: dpkg: warning: ignoring request to remove imagescan which isn't installed newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads$
I downloaded the Ubuntu 32-bit package. I'm not quite sure what to make of the "(i386)" designation on that package, as my architecture is i686; but I don't know if that's relevant.
Once I extracted the package with Ark, I noticed that the package name is different from the package name of my first attempt:
iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x86.deb
Except for the difference in the name of the package (and whatever might be inside), the package installation instructions are identical to those that accompanied my first attempt, with imagescan-bundle-ubuntu-16.04-1.3.28.x64.deb
And once again, the installation failed, and appeared to crash upon the same rocks as did the first installation attempt:
Code:
newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~$ cd Downloads newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads$ ls FireShot iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x86.deb newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads$ iscan-bundle-1.0.0.x86.deb/install.sh [sudo] password for newguy: Ign:1 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease Get:2 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-security InRelease [102 kB] Hit:3 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:4 http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:5 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release Hit:6 http://archive.canonical.com xenial InRelease Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-updates InRelease [102 kB] Hit:8 http://ppa.launchpad.net/fkrull/deadsnakes/ubuntu xenial InRelease Get:9 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu xenial-backports InRelease [102 kB] Hit:10 http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonathonf/python-3.6/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:12 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kdenlive/kdenlive-stable/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:13 http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:14 http://ppa.launchpad.net/openshot.developers/ppa/ubuntu xenial InRelease Hit:15 http://ppa.launchpad.net/otto-kesselgulasch/gimp/ubuntu xenial InRelease Ign:16 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial InRelease Ign:17 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial Release Ign:18 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages.diff/Index Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:21 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en.diff/Index Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Ign:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Ign:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Ign:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Ign:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Ign:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages Ign:19 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main all Packages Ign:20 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en_US Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Ign:22 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 DEP-11 Metadata Ign:23 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons Err:24 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main i386 Packages 403 Forbidden Ign:25 http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial/main Translation-en Fetched 306 kB in 15s (20.1 kB/s) Reading package lists... Done N: Skipping acquire of configured file 'main/binary-i386/Packages' as repository 'http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease' doesn't support architecture 'i386' W: The repository 'http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu xenial Release' does not have a Release file. N: Data from such a repository can't be authenticated and is therefore potentially dangerous to use. N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. E: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/varlesh-l/papirus-pack/ubuntu/dists/xenial/main/binary-i386/Packages 403 Forbidden E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead. newguy@newguy-Dell-System-XPS-L321X:~/Downloads$
Thank you for your time.
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