{"id":7284,"date":"2017-10-30T16:06:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-30T16:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7284"},"modified":"2017-10-30T16:06:17","modified_gmt":"2017-10-30T16:06:17","slug":"gscan2pdf-reached-1-8-8-with-some-fixes-ubuntu-ppa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2017\/10\/gscan2pdf-reached-1-8-8-with-some-fixes-ubuntu-ppa\/","title":{"rendered":"Gscan2pdf reached 1.8.8 with some fixes (Ubuntu PPA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gscan2pdf-icon.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6635\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gscan2pdf, a simple GUI tool to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents, reached the new 1.8.8 release a few hours ago with  some bug-fixes and translation updates.<\/p>\n<p>Changes in <a href=\"http:\/\/gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gscan2pdf<\/a> 1.8.8 include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Filter out 1 and 2 digit integers from tool warnings. Show original message, not filtered message.<\/li>\n<li>Add option to profile only after successfully applying it<\/li>\n<li>Fix default value for unpaper script direction.<\/li>\n<li>Fix race condition updating widgets before they can be created after cycling device handle.<\/li>\n<li>Fix 16-bit PNM parsing<\/li>\n<li>Fix Perl warning about redundant argument in sprintf<\/li>\n<li>Update to Hungarian translation<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>How to Install Gscan2pdf 1.8.8 in Ubuntu:<\/h4>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/launchpad.net\/~jeffreyratcliffe\/+archive\/ubuntu\/ppa\" target=\"_blank\">developer&#8217;s PPA<\/a> offers the latest packages for Ubuntu 14.04, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 17.04, Ubuntu 17.10, Ubuntu 18.04, and derivatives.<\/p>\n<p>Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for &#8220;terminal&#8221; from app launcher. When it opens, do following steps:<\/p>\n<p><b>1.<\/b> Add the PPA via command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jeffreyratcliffe\/ppa<\/pre>\n<p><i>Type in your password (no visual feedback while typing due to security reason) when it prompts and hit Enter.<\/i><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gscan2pdf-ppa-600x82.jpg\" alt=\"gscan2pdf ppa\" width=\"600\" height=\"82\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-6637\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gscan2pdf-ppa-600x82.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gscan2pdf-ppa-450x61.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/gscan2pdf-ppa.jpg 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>2.<\/b> For those who have a previous release installed, upgrade it through Software Updater:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf-450x313.jpg\" alt=\"upgrade gscan2pdf\" width=\"450\" height=\"313\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-6638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf-450x313.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf-600x417.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/update-gscan2pdf.jpg 751w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For the first time, you can either install it via Synaptic Package Manager or by running following commands in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:None;\">sudo apt-get update\r\n\r\nsudo apt-get install gscan2pdf<\/pre>\n<p><b>How to Remove:<\/b><\/p>\n<p>To remove gscan2pdf, either use your system package manager or run command:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border:none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove gscan2pdf<\/pre>\n<p>And the PPA can be removed via <b>Software &#038; Updates<\/b> utility, under Other Software tab.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gscan2pdf, a simple GUI tool to produce PDFs or DjVus from scanned documents, reached the new 1.8.8 release a few hours ago with some bug-fixes and translation updates. Changes in Gscan2pdf 1.8.8 include: Filter out 1 and 2 digit integers from tool warnings. Show original message, not filtered message. 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