%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ giflib The giflib package contains libraries for reading and writing GIFs as well as programs for converting and working with GIF files. &lfs83_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (HTTP) MD5 sum: &giflib-http-md5sum; Download (HTTP) size: &giflib-http-size; Estimated disk space required: &giflib-buildsize; Estimated build time: &giflib-time; giflib Dependencies Optional (for html documentation) User Notes: Install giflib by running the following commands: make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make PREFIX=/usr install&& rm -v /usr/lib/libgif.a If is installed, then the API documentation has been built. If you wish to install the distributed and the just built documentations, issue, as the root user: find doc \( -name Makefile\* -o -name \*.1 \ -o -name \*.xml \) -exec rm -v {} \; && install -v -dm755 /usr/share/doc/giflib-&giflib-version; && cp -v -R doc/* /usr/share/doc/giflib-&giflib-version; find doc ... -exec rm -v {} \;: This command removes Makefiles, man and xml files from the documentation directory that would otherwise be installed by the commands that follow. Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directory gif2rgb, gifbuild, gifclrmp, gifecho, giffix, gifinto, gifsponge, giftext and giftool libgif.so /usr/share/doc/giflib-&giflib-version; Short Descriptions gif2rgb converts images saved as GIF to 24-bit RGB images. gif2rgb gifbuild dumps GIF data in a textual format, or undumps it to a GIF. gifbuild gifclrmp modifies GIF image colormaps. gifclrmp gifecho generates a GIF from ASCII text. gifecho giffix clumsily attempts to fix truncated GIF images. giffix gifinto is an end-of-pipe fitting for GIF-processing pipelines. gifinto gifsponge is used to copy the content of GIFs from one file to another. It's also used as a test of library functionality. gifsponge giftext prints (text only) general information about a GIF file. giftext giftool is a GIF transformation tool. giftool libgif.so contains API functions required by the giflib programs and any other programs needing library functionality to read, write and manipulate GIF images. libgif.so