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If you have a problem with Epson Scan 2, check if you need to install another backend for your scanner. More information on the Arch Linux wiki:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/SANE/Scanner-specific_problems#Epson

It seems this package does not seem to install with latest version of boost. I had to downgrade to boost-1.86 and boost-libs-186 to able to install this.

/usr/include/boost/none_t.hpp:24:2: error: #error "Boost.Optional requires some C++11 features since version 1.87. If you have an older C++ version use Boost.Optional version 1.86 or earlier." 24 | #error "Boost.Optional requires some C++11 features since version 1.87. If you have an older C++ version use Boost.Optional version 1.86 or earlier." | ^

If V370 Photo is connected, the application crashes while constructing device selection dialog with std::logic_error, because it attempts to construct std::string from a NULL pointer.

Edit: got over it with the patch, but it still doesn't work. Probably connection string must be fixed as well, not only the display string.

diff --git a/src/Standalone/deviceselectorcombobox.cpp b/src/Standalone/deviceselectorcombobox.cpp
index 0404644..05ad916 100755
--- a/src/Standalone/deviceselectorcombobox.cpp
+++ b/src/Standalone/deviceselectorcombobox.cpp
@@ -98,27 +98,15 @@ void DeviceSelectorCombobox::CreateDisplayName(char displayName[MAX_DISPLAYNAME]
 {
     char *displayDeviceName = NULL;
     char temp_displayName[MAX_DISPLAYNAME];
-     bool find = false;
     memcpy_s(temp_displayName, MAX_DISPLAYNAME, displayName, strlen(displayName)+1);
-    std::string connection_display = connection;
-    if(strncmp(connection, "USB", 3) == 0){
-         for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(temp_displayName) / sizeof(temp_displayName[0]); i++) {
-            if (temp_displayName[i] == ':') {
-            find = true;
-            }
-        }
-        if(find && strtok(temp_displayName, ":")){
-            std::string serialNumber = strtok(NULL, ":");
-            connection_display = connection_display + ":" + serialNumber;
-        }
-    }
+    std::string connection_display = connection ? connection : "<NULL>";
 #ifdef AKBMODE
     int connection_str_size = strlen(temp_displayName) + strlen(" (") + strlen(connection_display.c_str()) + strlen(")") + 1;
 #else
     int connection_str_size = strlen("EPSON ") + strlen(temp_displayName) + strlen(" (") + strlen(connection_display.c_str()) + strlen(")") + 1;
 #endif
     if(!displayDeviceName){
-        displayDeviceName = (char *)malloc(connection_str_size);
+      displayDeviceName = (char *)malloc(connection_str_size);
         if(displayDeviceName){
            memset(displayDeviceName, 0, connection_str_size);
 #ifdef AKBMODE
diff --git a/src/Standalone/initdeviceselectcombobox.cpp b/src/Standalone/initdeviceselectcombobox.cpp
index dc7650b..11f8a96 100755
--- a/src/Standalone/initdeviceselectcombobox.cpp
+++ b/src/Standalone/initdeviceselectcombobox.cpp
@@ -88,20 +88,8 @@ void InitDeviceSelectCombobox::CreateDisplayName(char displayName[MAX_DISPLAYNAM
 {
     char *displayDeviceName = NULL;
     char temp_displayName[MAX_DISPLAYNAME];
-    bool find = false;
     memcpy_s(temp_displayName, MAX_DISPLAYNAME, displayName, strlen(displayName)+1);
-    std::string connection_display = connection;
-    if(strncmp(connection, "USB", 3) == 0){
-    for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(temp_displayName) / sizeof(temp_displayName[0]); i++) {
-        if (temp_displayName[i] == ':') {
-            find = true;
-        }
-    }
-        if(find && strtok(temp_displayName, ":")){
-            std::string serialNumber = strtok(NULL, ":");
-            connection_display = connection_display + ":" + serialNumber;
-        }
-    }
+    std::string connection_display = connection ? connection : "<NULL>";
 #ifdef AKBMODE
     int connection_str_size = strlen(temp_displayName) + strlen(" (") + strlen(connection_display.c_str()) + strlen(")") + 1;
 #else

Hello! I wanted to install it as part of an update, but it crashed during compilation. The message was:

Erstelle epsonscan2... ==> Erstelle Paket: epsonscan2 6.7.65.0-1 (Do 11 Jul 2024 18:52:58 CEST) ==> Prüfe Laufzeit-Abhängigkeiten... ==> Prüfe Buildtime-Abhängigkeiten... ==> Empfange Quellen... -> Lade epsonscan2-6.7.65.0-1.src.tar.gz herunter... % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0 26 2378k 26 635k 0 0 529k 0 0:00:04 0:00:01 0:00:03 529k 54 2378k 54 1287k 0 0 617k 0 0:00:03 0:00:02 0:00:01 617k 85 2378k 85 2026k 0 0 656k 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 --:--:-- 656k 100 2378k 100 2378k 0 0 662k 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 --:--:-- 662k -> 0002-Fix-crash.patch gefunden -> 0003-Use-XDG-open-to-open-the-directory.patch gefunden -> 0004-Fix-a-crash-on-an-OOB-container-access.patch gefunden ==> Überprüfe source Dateien mit b2sums... epsonscan2-6.7.65.0-1.src.tar.gz ... Erfolg 0002-Fix-crash.patch ... Erfolg 0003-Use-XDG-open-to-open-the-directory.patch ... Erfolg 0004-Fix-a-crash-on-an-OOB-container-access.patch ... Erfolg ==> Entferne existierendes $srcdir/ Verzeichnis... ==> Entpacke Quellen... -> Entpacke epsonscan2-6.7.65.0-1.src.tar.gz mit bsdtar ==> Beginne prepare()... patching file src/ES2Command/Src/Interface/ipc/ipcInterfaceImpl.cpp patching file src/Standalone/savedestfolder.cpp patching file src/Controller/Src/Finder/Finder.cpp ==> Beginne build()... /var/tmp/pamac-build-ralf/epsonscan2/PKGBUILD: Zeile 45: cmake: Kommando nicht gefunden. ==> FEHLER: Ein Fehler geschah in build(). Breche ab...

I hope you get it up and running.

I just ran into the same issue. I think @tecnotercio's change for the inclusion of an outdated zlib didn't add back in links to the system HaruPDF after deleting links to the included one. So, I took out the part of the PKGBUILD that deletes HaruPDF from one of the CMake files, recompiled it, installed it, and got my scanner to save just fine. It seems to be compatible with the system zlib.

This might be a reasonable hotfix for anyone that needs it, but I have a hunch that this didn't actually link the system's HaruPDF instead of the included version.

I'm getting an error when scanning to pdf. epsonscan2: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/epsonscan2/libepsonscan2.so: undefined symbol: HPDF_New

UPD: I have libharu installed, but epsonscan2 is not linked to it.

 > ldd /usr/bin/epsonscan2
        linux-vdso.so.1 (0x0000724400176000)
        libcommonutility.so => /usr/lib/epsonscan2/libcommonutility.so (0x00007243fff57000)
        libQt5Widgets.so.5 => /usr/lib/libQt5Widgets.so.5 (0x00007243ff800000)
        libQt5Gui.so.5 => /usr/lib/libQt5Gui.so.5 (0x00007243ff000000)
        libQt5Core.so.5 => /usr/lib/libQt5Core.so.5 (0x00007243fea00000)
        libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.6 (0x00007243fe600000)
        libm.so.6 => /usr/lib/libm.so.6 (0x00007243ff715000)
        libgcc_s.so.1 => /usr/lib/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007243ffeea000)
        libc.so.6 => /usr/lib/libc.so.6 (0x00007243fe414000)
        libGL.so.1 => /usr/lib/libGL.so.1 (0x00007243ff68f000)
        libpng16.so.16 => /usr/lib/libpng16.so.16 (0x00007243ffeb0000)
        libz.so.1 => /usr/lib/libz.so.1 (0x00007243fefe7000)
        libharfbuzz.so.0 => /usr/lib/libharfbuzz.so.0 (0x00007243fe8e6000)
        libmd4c.so.0 => /usr/lib/libmd4c.so.0 (0x00007243fefd1000)
        libsystemd.so.0 => /usr/lib/libsystemd.so.0 (0x00007243fe326000)
        libdouble-conversion.so.3 => /usr/lib/libdouble-conversion.so.3 (0x00007243fefbb000)
        libicui18n.so.75 => /usr/lib/libicui18n.so.75 (0x00007243fde00000)
        libicuuc.so.75 => /usr/lib/libicuuc.so.75 (0x00007243fdc06000)
        libpcre2-16.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpcre2-16.so.0 (0x00007243fe294000)
        libzstd.so.1 => /usr/lib/libzstd.so.1 (0x00007243fe1b5000)
        libglib-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so.0 (0x00007243fdab8000)
        /lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 => /usr/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x0000724400178000)
        libGLdispatch.so.0 => /usr/lib/libGLdispatch.so.0 (0x00007243fda00000)
        libGLX.so.0 => /usr/lib/libGLX.so.0 (0x00007243fef89000)
        libfreetype.so.6 => /usr/lib/libfreetype.so.6 (0x00007243fd932000)
        libgraphite2.so.3 => /usr/lib/libgraphite2.so.3 (0x00007243fef66000)
        libcap.so.2 => /usr/lib/libcap.so.2 (0x00007243ffe9e000)
        libgcrypt.so.20 => /usr/lib/libgcrypt.so.20 (0x00007243fd7e9000)
        liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/liblz4.so.1 (0x00007243fef41000)
        liblzma.so.5 => /usr/lib/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007243fe8b3000)
        libicudata.so.75 => /usr/lib/libicudata.so.75 (0x00007243fba00000)
        libpcre2-8.so.0 => /usr/lib/libpcre2-8.so.0 (0x00007243fb962000)
        libX11.so.6 => /usr/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x00007243fb824000)
        libbz2.so.1.0 => /usr/lib/libbz2.so.1.0 (0x00007243fe8a0000)
        libbrotlidec.so.1 => /usr/lib/libbrotlidec.so.1 (0x00007243ff680000)
        libgpg-error.so.0 => /usr/lib/libgpg-error.so.0 (0x00007243fe18f000)
        libxcb.so.1 => /usr/lib/libxcb.so.1 (0x00007243fd7be000)
        libbrotlicommon.so.1 => /usr/lib/libbrotlicommon.so.1 (0x00007243fd79b000)
        libXau.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXau.so.6 (0x00007243fe89b000)
        libXdmcp.so.6 => /usr/lib/libXdmcp.so.6 (0x00007243fe893000)

@Xyphon and @torben: I've changed the PKGBUILD so that the HaruPDF and ZLIB libraries don't compile together with Epson Scan 2.

@jazzi: I've included armv7h architecture in the package.

epsonscan2 is not available for the 'armv7h' architecture

On the Epson download page there is also ARM Raspbian package available, is there a way to support armv7h?

I can confirm Xyphon's observations. Apparently, epsonscan2 comes with a prebundled, outdated version of zlib, which does not compile on arch anymore:

[ 53%] Building C object src/Controller/CMakeFiles/epsonscan2.dir/__/__/thirdparty/zlib/adler32.c.o
[ 53%] Building C object src/Controller/CMakeFiles/epsonscan2.dir/__/__/thirdparty/zlib/crc32.c.o
[ 53%] Building C object src/Controller/CMakeFiles/epsonscan2.dir/__/__/thirdparty/zlib/gzclose.c.o
[ 54%] Building C object src/Controller/CMakeFiles/epsonscan2.dir/__/__/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c.o
/tmp/epsonscan2-5669721830453658947/epsonscan2/src/epsonscan2-6.7.63.0-1/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c: In Funktion »gz_load«:
/tmp/epsonscan2-5669721830453658947/epsonscan2/src/epsonscan2-6.7.63.0-1/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c:35:15: Fehler: Implizite Deklaration der Funktion »read«; meinten Sie »fread«? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
   35 |         ret = read(state->fd, buf + *have, get);
      |               ^~~~
      |               fread
/tmp/epsonscan2-5669721830453658947/epsonscan2/src/epsonscan2-6.7.63.0-1/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c: In Funktion »gzclose_r«:
/tmp/epsonscan2-5669721830453658947/epsonscan2/src/epsonscan2-6.7.63.0-1/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c:651:11: Fehler: Implizite Deklaration der Funktion »close«; meinten Sie »pclose«? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration]
  651 |     ret = close(state->fd);
      |           ^~~~~
      |           pclose
make[2]: *** [src/Controller/CMakeFiles/epsonscan2.dir/build.make:1812: src/Controller/CMakeFiles/epsonscan2.dir/__/__/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c.o] Fehler 1
make[1]: *** [CMakeFiles/Makefile2:321: src/Controller/CMakeFiles/epsonscan2.dir/all] Fehler 2
make: *** [Makefile:136: all] Fehler 2
==> FEHLER: Ein Fehler geschah in build().
    Breche ab...

(Sorry for the German, but it should explain itself)

getting the following errors when installing from the AUR:

/home/xyphon/.cache/yay/epsonscan2/src/epsonscan2-6.7.63.0-1/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c: In function ‘gz_load’: /home/xyphon/.cache/yay/epsonscan2/src/epsonscan2-6.7.63.0-1/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c:35:15: error: implicit declaration of function ‘read’; did you mean ‘fread’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 35 | ret = read(state->fd, buf + *have, get); | ^~ | fread /home/xyphon/.cache/yay/epsonscan2/src/epsonscan2-6.7.63.0-1/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c: In function ‘gzclose_r’: /home/xyphon/.cache/yay/epsonscan2/src/epsonscan2-6.7.63.0-1/thirdparty/zlib/gzread.c:651:11: error: implicit declaration of function ‘close’; did you mean ‘pclose’? [-Wimplicit-function-declaration] 651 | ret = close(state->fd); | ^~~ | pclose

No luck using this with an Epson Perfection V600 Photo. The app won't launch even though it initially detects the scanner. Installing all the backends (separately and then together) didn't make a difference.

I did have some luck with using "Image Scan! for Linux" from AUR though. It's not as good as Epson's app, but it's much better than nothing. Specifically I installed the following packages:

iscan 2.30.4.2-3

iscan-data 1.39.2.1-1

iscan-plugin-gt-x820 2.2.1-2