Installing ---------- The program itself for gscan2pdf is in one file, so having extracted it to the current directory, you can just run it with bin/gscan2pdf For those who want an install script, I have included one. First build with: perl Makefile.PL make From a system that uses sudo, like Ubuntu, you will need: sudo make install Otherwise change to root with su and then make install followed by CRTL-D to get back to the original user. gscan2pdf will then be on the path an accessible from any directory with gscan2pdf If you have a Debian system (like Ubuntu) then you can make a .deb with perl Makefile.PL make debdist and then install it with sudo dpkg -i gscan2pdf-0.8.3.deb This has the advantage of not having to hold on to the Makefile in order to uninstall it. Alternatively, add the following line to your /etc/apt/sources.list: deb http://gscan2pdf.sourceforge.net/download/debian binary/ If you are you are using Synaptic, then use menu 'Edit/Reload Package Information', search for gscan2pdf in the package list, and lo and behold, you can install the nice shiny new version automatically. From the command line: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gscan2pdf If you have a system that uses RPMs, like Fedora or Suse, you can build an RPM with: perl Makefile.PL make rpmdist The help will require Gtk2::Ex::PodViewer. Rotating requires Imagemagick. Having installed gscan2pdf, locate the gscan2pdf entry in Synaptic, right-click it and you can install them under "Recommends". Uninstalling ------------ If you have installed gscan2pdf with make install as described about, then you can uninstall it with: sudo make uninstall or su and then make uninstall as appropriate. Alternatively, if you installed the .deb, you can uninstall it with your favourite graphical package manager (e.g. Synaptic), or with sudo dpkg -r gscan2pdf