Epson V19 scanner support

rmcellig

Is it possible to use this scanner with Solus? I use it with other .deb supported distros . I know that Solus doesn't support .db files but I really need to be able to use my scanner. Thanks!!!!

brent

It's possible. It's the same procedure as my V39. https://discuss.getsol.us/d/4269-utsushi-scanner-install-not-going-good-at-all This will be the ugliest bloodiest thread you will ever read but I was successful. You have to find/download a specific package of drivers/plugins though. Wish I could explain more but off to work for me.

Axios

brent This will be the ugliest bloodiest thread you will ever read but I was successful LOL GOOD ONE!

rmcellig

I downloaded the drivers and failed to compile. It didn't like the package manager so I'll try your link. Thanks so much. I'll post back with results.😀

brent

rmcellig
Install utsushi from repo. your print drivers are fine.

You need to search the web for this exact package. It's out there. What you are going to do is utilize this packages' plugin. The scanner won't run without that plugin and a few select files. You won't be installing anything per se. You will be moving (mv) and copying (cp) some files from this deb package to specific installed utsushi folders. Then creating a symlink at the end. I have notes I will dust off later today/tonight.

brent

rmcellig
I was a Linux newbie. This was a project for me. Quite simply when I followed these instructions ( from @telorast in thread), I succeeded:
"So please copy the files from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/utsushi to /usr/lib64/utsushi, the .deb files and directories from /usr/share/doc to /usr/share/doc and the .deb files from /usr/share/utsushi to /usr/share/utsushi. Force the symlink with this:
sudo ln -sf /usr/lib64/utsushi/utsushi/esci-interpreter /usr/lib64/utsushi/esci-gt-s650
Check ownership of the files, all should be owned by root. Check the properties of the symlink it needs to be executed as program"
...I was not Linux-savvy, so 75% of that thread is me screwing up these simple instructions and seeking clarification.
Since you are distro-savvy then this is how I did it:

sudo cp -dfrv /home/brent/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-debian-10-3.62.0.x64.deb/plugins/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/utsushi/libcnx-esci-gt-s650.so.0.0.0 /usr/lib64/utsushi
'/home/brent/Downloads/imagescan-bundle-debian-10-3.62.0.x64.deb/plugins/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/utsushi/libcnx-esci-gt-s650.so.0.0.0' -> '/usr/lib64/utsushi/libcnx-esci-gt-s650.so.0.0.0'

This is step one of MANY COMMANDS of me copying ONE file at a time from folder to folder because you can't copy the whole folder into a folder. I had no idea how to batch copy files. You are copying specific contents into specific folders. This is a distinction I had to learn.----I created an accidental directory inside utsushi so they CP'd to the wrong folder. Then I had to undo it with the MV command (so no file associations existed) and start again.

If you can follow @telorast 's simple instructions (above) then that's all I did.
At the time, I had to struggle to follow those simple instructions. That long bloody thread simply represents my complete ineptness at following those instructions.

If you are savvy, then do not overthink it. I did.

(again: any success I had in overcoming my own ineptness there is also owed to @Axios 's help as well)/edit

brent

Axios that one was a bear. thanks for hanging in there with me!

brent

@inkbug I was on it! Then got distracted. For a year, yes🙂! Had pictures but no longer. BUT I copied all my commands. Will sort later still at work.

rmcellig

I have been using Linux for a few years now so I will try what you mentioned and post back.

I feel for you being a beginner and going through this interesting exercise. I look back at my early days, coming from the Mac side and learning Linux by myself. I'm happy to be where I am now as I am sure you are. Great learning experience!!😀

brent

rmcellig You have to find that exact pictured package. The correct plugin and interpreter only exist in that one, as far as I've researched.

brent

"Hi brent, I think you're almost there. Based on your screenshots i think that files and folders of /usr/lib64/utsushi, /usr/share/doc and /usr/share/utsushi are fine. I think the files in /usr/lib64/utsushi/utsushi are wrong. This is how the directory should be:"

doublecheck----this is the last 3/4 of this thread where telorast really helped me dial it in with pictures of what the directories should look like.

brent

If you found the specific deb package then, and you've copied the selected files, then your relevant utsushi folders will look like thls:

I believe the esci-interpreter and the so's get copied into there.

the esci-gt-650 and about 5 .so files get copied into that one^^^

binary and drivers---this may have been default^^

^^ half of these files in this folder get copied over from the deb package.

^^ symlinked excutable
~ $ sudo su root@workstation /home/brent # sudo ln -vsf /usr/lib64/utsushi/utsushi/esci-interpreter /usr/lib64/utsushi/esci-gt-s650 '/usr/lib64/utsushi/esci-gt-s650' -> '/usr/lib64/utsushi/utsushi/esci-interpreter'
^^command that I used to make symlink
**Everything you copied over should be 'root' when checking permissions afaik.
This is how I got my V39 flatbed in business.

brent

if you have that specific deb package, then--with the exception of the esci-interpreter file--these are the files you are copying these 10 files in the deb's usr folder + esci-interpreter.

"the .deb files and directories from /usr/share/doc to /usr/share/doc "
" the .deb files from /usr/share/utsushi to /usr/share/utsushi"
make sure esci-interpreter winds up in usr/lib64/utsushi/utushi

I have a tendency to complicate things since I throw in everything under the sun. But this is the bare stripped back version in a single post.
Good luck to you.