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mehldutt

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-01-08

Posts: 128

Problem with gscan2pdf

I've installed gscan2pdf from AUR.
When trying to save as PDF I receive following error message:

***   Can't locate PDF/API2.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.8 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.7 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.6 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.5 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.4 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.3 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.2 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i686-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at /usr/bin/gscan2pdf line 1365.
***  ignoring at /usr/bin/gscan2pdf line 605.

dojo

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Registered: 2005-11-02

Posts: 97

Re: Problem with gscan2pdf

Hi,

this seems that the required PDF::Api2 is not installed or it is not in the module search path of perl. Alternatively you can use xsane to scan and create pdfs. The current version 0.994 is able to create "multipage" documents, such as pdf, ps or tiff.

Greats

dojo

mehldutt

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-01-08

Posts: 128

Re: Problem with gscan2pdf

Thanks for your reply.
I would like to learn more:
How can I tell if PDF::Api2 is installed and if not where can I find it?
Gary

dojo

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Registered: 2005-11-02

Posts: 97

Re: Problem with gscan2pdf

Nearly all perl modules can be found at http://www.cpan.org. There are two ways for installing. The easiest way to install a perl module is to use cpan. For details see the manpage (man cpan) cause I can't remember the details :-D. If you prefer a installation via pacman search for perl in the aur and use the PKGBUILDS as examples.

Greets

dojo

mehldutt

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From: Germany

Registered: 2006-01-08

Posts: 128

Re: Problem with gscan2pdf

Thanks, that worked