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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, 2018 at 10:41
  • I installed using Ubuntu Software (Flatpak).
    – Hey_YGBSM
    Jul 18, 2018 at 4:58
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    Tried uninstalling GIMP before doing a fresh install, which posted this:
    – Hey_YGBSM
    Jul 20, 2018 at 3:05
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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, 2018 at 4:04
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    Added your/our solution as answer, please accept it.
    – N0rbert
    Jul 20, 2018 at 8:07

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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 3, 2019 at 6:17
  • 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, 2019 at 2:54
  • 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 2, 2022 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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  • Just saying, for 19.10 it's already 2.10 with default repositories Oct 26, 2019 at 11:35

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