Re: [gscan2pdf-help] scantpaper v3.0.6 released

[Jeff <jf...@po...>]

Hi Alan,

On 06/05/2026 05:33, Alan Davis wrote:
> I have attempted to install scantpaper v. 3.0.6 on CachyOS, an archlinux 
> derivative.
> 
> Unlike my previous attempt, I was able to install tesserocr, after which 
> scantpaper moved on to another missing dependency: goocanvas2.  After 
> this ( downgrade from the installed goocanvas 3 version), 
> scantpaper tried again.  The next message is beyond my understanding.  
> Perhaps it will be of some interest?
> 
> ❯ python3 scantpaper/app.py
> No translations for 'scantpaper' in /usr/local/src/scantpaper-3.0.6/ 
> scantpaper/../locale
> No translations for 'scantpaper' in /usr/share/locale
> No translations for 'scantpaper' in /usr/local/share/locale
> No translations found for 'scantpaper'; falling back to untranslated strings
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "/usr/local/src/scantpaper-3.0.6/scantpaper/app.py", line 90, in 
> <module>
>      from app_window import ApplicationWindow
>    File "/usr/local/src/scantpaper-3.0.6/scantpaper/app_window.py", line 
> 21, in <module>
>      from scan_menu_item_mixins import ScanMenuItemMixins
>    File "/usr/local/src/scantpaper-3.0.6/scantpaper/ 
> scan_menu_item_mixins.py", line 10, in <module>
>      from dialog.sane import SaneScanDialog
>    File "/usr/local/src/scantpaper-3.0.6/scantpaper/dialog/sane.py", 
> line 6, in <module>
>      from frontend import enums
>    File "/usr/local/src/scantpaper-3.0.6/scantpaper/frontend/enums.py", 
> line 5, in <module>
>      from _sane import (
>      ...<36 lines>...
>      )
> ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_sane'

This is missing the python bindings for the SANE library used to control 
the scanner. In Debian-based distros, the package is called 
python3-sane. arch seems to call it python-sane.

Regards

Jeff