Have the same problem: (Ubuntu 20.04) [xsane] ERROR: xsane-startimage not found. Looks like xsane is not installed correct.
The above workaround (from Krzysztof Śmigrodzki) was like this for me:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/sane/xsane (no problem) sudo ln -t /usr/share/sane/xsane /usr/share/doc/xsane-common/*.pnm (no problem)
/usr/share/doc/xsane-common/*.rc /usr/share/doc/xsane-common/*.xpm bash: /usr/share/doc/xsane-common/xsane-icon.rc: Access denied
sudo /usr/share/doc/xsane-common/*.rc /usr/share/doc/xsane-common/*.xpm sudo: /usr/share/doc/xsane-common/xsane-icon.rc: command not found
Have the same problem: (Ubuntu 20.04)
[xsane] ERROR: xsane-startimage not found. Looks like xsane is not installed correct.
The above workaround (from Krzysztof Śmigrodzki) was like this for me:
sudo mkdir -p /usr/share/ sane/xsane (no problem) sane/xsane /usr/share/ doc/xsane- common/ *.pnm (no problem)
sudo ln -t /usr/share/
/usr/share/ doc/xsane- common/ *.rc /usr/share/ doc/xsane- common/ *.xpm doc/xsane- common/ xsane-icon. rc: Access denied
bash: /usr/share/
sudo /usr/share/ doc/xsane- common/ *.rc /usr/share/ doc/xsane- common/ *.xpm doc/xsane- common/ xsane-icon. rc: command not found
sudo: /usr/share/