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checking for SANE - version >= 1.0.0... no
*** Could not run SANE test program, checking why...
*** The test program compiled, but did not run. This usually means
*** that the run-time linker is not finding SANE or finding the wrong
*** version of SANE. If it is not finding SANE, you'll need to set your
*** LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable, or edit /etc/ld.so.conf to point
*** to the installed location.  Also, make sure you have run ldconfig if that
*** is required on your system.
***
*** If you have an old version installed, it is best to remove it, although
*** you may also be able to get things to work by modifying LD_LIBRARY_PATH
***
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ERROR: Couldn't find SANE libraries (sane-backends). Possible reasons:
- sane-backends isn't installed (install sane-backends before
sane-frontends)
- the SANE header files aren't installed (if you installed
SANE as RPM make sure you also included the sane-devel RPM)
- the SANE libraries can't be found because /usr/local/lib/ isn't
searched by the dynamic linker (see INSTALL for details)
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needs at least these two patches to build: https://gitlab.com/sane-project/frontends/-/commit/25e9a5e13eef6566a6c4c700011a5759d310d35a https://gitlab.com/sane-project/frontends/-/commit/c33752c7199f3e228565c6b16f0633b2c567f7d0

first patch needs a bit of work to apply cleanly (and at the right place in the config file)

wow, this is wildly outdated, last release is 19 YERAS AGO.

also, currently fails to build.