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In 18.04, have a networked Brother MFC-J870DW, which works fine in gscan2pdf, Simple Scan & Gimp 2.8. However, Gimp 2.10 can't find it. Meaning, there is no scanner listed when I select File > Create. I suspect I need to point Gimp to xsane. Looking for help to do this. Thanks.

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  • How did you installed GIMP (from PPA or as a Snap)? – N0rbert Jul 17 '18 at 10:41
  • I installed using Ubuntu Software (Flatpak). – Hey_YGBSM Jul 18 '18 at 04:58
  • Try to install from PPA or from Canonical deb-repository. Maybe Flatpak version does not have scanner interface ... – N0rbert Jul 18 '18 at 08:57
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    Tried uninstalling GIMP before doing a fresh install, which posted this: – Hey_YGBSM Jul 20 '18 at 03:05
  • The following packages have unmet dependencies: gimp : Depends: libgimp2.0 (<= 2.8.22-z) but 2.10.4+om-0ubu18.04.1~ppa is to be installed Depends: gimp-data (<= 2.8.22-z) but 2.10.4+om-0ubu18.04.1~ppa is to be installed E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt --fix-broken install' with no packages (or specify a solution). – Hey_YGBSM Jul 20 '18 at 03:05
  • I was able to remove the unmet dependencies in Synaptic and reinstall GIMP 2.10.4. However, my network scanner is still not acquired. Scan2pdf, Simple Scan & Skanlite all work perfectly. – Hey_YGBSM Jul 20 '18 at 03:22
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    [Solved] - Removed the Ubuntu Flatpak version and reinstalled using the PPA. The GIMP File > Create menu now shows XSane & xscanimage. Thanks for the assistance. – Hey_YGBSM Jul 20 '18 at 04:04
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    Added your/our solution as answer, please accept it. – N0rbert Jul 20 '18 at 08:07

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You don't need a ppa, just

sudo apt install xsane

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    This solved the problem for me – philfr May 03 '19 at 06:17
  • I use Ubuntu Studio 19.10, GIMP 2.10.14 (PPA version) and XSANE 0.999-7 and I don't have the direct SCAN option into the FILE menu. How can I fix this? – Juan Dec 11 '19 at 02:54
  • Thanks! Worked also for me on Debian Bullseye 5.10.140-1 (2022-09-02) x86_64 GNU/Linux with GIMP 2.10.22 and XSane 0.999. – Rob Bar Oct 02 '22 at 12:06
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As you have installed GIMP as FlatPak I suggest to remove this FlatPak version with

flatpak uninstall flathub org.gimp.GIMP

and then install normal deb-based version 2.8 with

sudo apt-get install gimp

or get 2.10 from PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
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