Install Skanpage
on Arch Linux

Skanpage

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Scan multi-page documents and images

Skanpage is a simple scanning application optimized for multi-page document scanning. It can also scan and save single-page documents and images.

Features:

Scanning from flatbed and ADF scanners
Configurable options for scanning device
Reordering, rotation, and deletion of scanned pages
Saving to multi-page PDF documents and image files

Details for Skanpage

Package name

skanpage

License

GPL-2.0+

Last updated

18 April 2026 - latest/stable
18 June 2026 - latest/beta

Enable snaps on Arch Linux and install Skanpage

Snaps are applications packaged with all their dependencies to run on all popular Linux distributions from a single build. They update automatically and roll back gracefully.

Snaps are discoverable and installable from the Snap Store, an app store with an audience of millions.

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Enable snapd

On Arch Linux, snap can be installed from the Arch User Repository (AUR). The manual build process is the Arch-supported install method for AUR packages, and you’ll need the prerequisites installed before you can install any AUR package. You can then install snap with the following:

git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/snapd.git
cd snapd
makepkg -si

Once installed, the systemd unit that manages the main snap communication socket needs to be enabled:

sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.socket

If AppArmor is enabled in your system, enable the service which loads AppArmor profiles for snaps:

sudo systemctl enable --now snapd.apparmor.service

To enable classic snap support, enter the following to create a symbolic link between /var/lib/snapd/snap and /snap:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

Either log out and back in again, or restart your system, to ensure snap’s paths are updated correctly.