On 9/15/21 12:50 AM, Masaru Nomiya wrote:
Hello,

In the Message; 

  Subject    : Re: XSane
  Message-ID : <44a7b110-247b-0464-255e-b1503921d777@optonline.net>
  Date & Time: Tue, 14 Sep 2021 23:59:52 -0400

[DM] == Douglas McGarrett <dmcgarrett@optonline.net> has written:

[...]
DM>  > [...]
DM>  > DM>  KFind Results File
DM>  > 
DM>  > DM>  file:///tmp/mozilla_doug0/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm.tar.gz
DM>  > DM>  file:///tmp/mozilla_doug0/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm
DM>  > DM>  file:///usr/local/include/iscan
DM>  > DM>  file:///tmp/mozilla_doug0/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm
DM>  > DM>  file:///home/doug/.local/share/RecentDocuments/iscan_c.php.desktop
DM>  > DM>  file:///home/doug/.local/share/RecentDocuments/iscanonical.ph.desktop
DM>  > DM>  file:///tmp/mozilla_doug0/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm/core/iscan-2.30.4-2.x86_64.rpm
DM>  > DM>  file:///tmp/mozilla_doug0/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm/data/iscan-data-1.39.2-1.noarch.rpm
DM>  > DM>  file:///tmp/mozilla_doug0/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm/iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm/plugins/iscan-network-nt-1.1.2-1.x86_64.rpm
DM>  > DM>  file:///usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.26.1/x86_64-linux-thread-multi/bits/iscanonical.ph
DM>  > 
DM>  > The proper prcedure is;
DM>  > 
DM>  > 1. # rpm -e imagescan
DM>  I did a "find" on "imagescan" and the only place it seems to be by itself is in
DM>  /tmp/mozilla_doug0/
DM>  So I ran the command there:
doug@linux1:/tmp/mozilla_doug0> rpm -e imagescan
DM>  error: Failed dependencies:
DM>          imagescan >= 3.28.0 is needed by (installed)
DM>  imagescan-plugin-gt-s650-1.0.3-1epson4opensuse15.2.x86_64
DM>          imagescan >= 3.14.0 is needed by (installed)
DM>  imagescan-plugin-ocr-engine-1.0.3-1epson4opensuse15.2.x86_64
DM>          imagescan >= 3.9.0 is needed by (installed)
DM>  imagescan-plugin-networkscan-1.1.4-1epson4opensuse15.2.x86_64

DM>  So now I'm in that directory, but of course, the command in #3 fails.
DM>  Obviously I've missed something along the way. Whoever coded the package
DM>   at Epson must have expected a sys admin to
DM>  deal with it. Of course, that would be me, but I'm not trained to be one!

DM>  Can this mess be untangled?

Yes, you can.

# rpm -e --nodeps $(rpm -qa | grep imagescan)

Then, please install the iscam modules.

DM>  I'm not going to have too much time to play with this tonite, I
DM>  have a doctor's appointment tomorrow
DM>  and I'll have to get to bed at a reasonable hour for a change!

Take care of yourself.

Regards,


I'm sorry, I'm completely lost. I'm pretty sure nothing is installed. Here once again is
the content of /tmp/mozilla_doug0

linux1:/tmp/mozilla_doug0 # ls -la
total 1280
drwx------ 1 doug users    498 Sep 14 20:20 .
drwxrwxrwt 1 root root    2706 Sep 15 15:06 ..
     -r-------- 1 doug users   1334 Jul 19 13:28 1_88863774.ics                                                                                                   |  These files are not part of Epson communications
     -r-------- 1 doug users  22213 Sep 14 20:13 Greetings Email Douglas McGarrett.20210914164025585.0.docx         |   They deal with an insurance claim for damage from
     -r-------- 1 doug users 774144 Sep 14 20:10 XactContents Import Template.20210914164025433.0.xls                   |   the lightning strike in July.
drwxr-xr-x 1 doug users     90 Jan  7  2021 imagescan-bundle-opensuse-15.2-3.65.0.x64.rpm
drwxr-xr-x 1 doug users     54 Aug 20  2019 iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm
-r-------- 1 doug users 502590 Sep 14 17:44 iscan-bundle-2.30.4.x64.rpm.tar.gz
-r-------- 1 doug users   2135 Sep 14 20:20

I can't read the .html file--I don't know what app reads html. (Thunderbird does, but I don't know how to open it there.)
Anyway, I see the words "iscan bundle" in it, so it might be useful.