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macOS build instructions

Building AirSane on macOS is quite similar to building on Linux but requires either MacPorts or Homebrew to provide the necessary dependencies.

Build AirSane using MacPorts

If you have not done so, install MacPorts as described here: https://www.macports.org/install.php

Then, open a terminal and cd to a location that will hold your AirSane source directory.

There, execute the following commands:

sudo port install sane-backends jpeg libpng
sudo port install cmake
git clone https://github.com/SimulPiscator/AirSane.git
mkdir AirSane-build && cd AirSane-build
cmake  ../AirSane
make
sudo make install
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.simulpiscator.airsaned.plist

If everything went well, a window may pop up, asking whether to allow the program airsaned to listen on the network. Click "Allow".

Now, whenever you plug in an USB scanner that is recognized by scanimage -L, it will also be available in Apple Image Capture, Preview, and other applications that rely on Apple's ImageCapture framework.

If your scanner is not recognized by scanimage -L, you might need to enable its backend in /opt/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf.

There, you may also disable unused backends by prepending with a # in order to speed up device search.

Build AirSane using Homebrew

If you have not done so, install Homebrew as described here: https://brew.sh/

Then, open a terminal and cd to a location that will hold your AirSane source directory.

There, execute the following commands:

brew install sane-backends jpeg libpng
brew install cmake
git clone https://github.com/SimulPiscator/AirSane.git
mkdir AirSane-build && cd AirSane-build
cmake  ../AirSane
make
sudo make install
sudo launchctl load -w /Library/LaunchDaemons/org.simulpiscator.airsaned.plist

If everything went well, a window may pop up, asking whether to allow the program airsaned to listen on the network. Click "Allow".

Now, whenever you plug in an USB scanner that is recognized by scanimage -L, it will also be available in Apple Image Capture, Preview, and other applications that rely on Apple's ImageCapture framework.

If your scanner is not recognized by scanimage -L, you might need to enable its backend in /usr/local/etc/sane.d/dll.conf.

There, you may also disable unused backends by prepending with a # in order to speed up device search.