%general-entities; ]> $Date$ giflib-&giflib-version; giflib Introduction to giflib The giflib package contains libraries for reading and writing GIFs as well as programs for converting and working with GIF files. &lfs110_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 Required User Notes: Installation of giflib 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 -fv /usr/lib/libgif.a && 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; Command Explanations rm -fv /usr/lib/libgif.a: This command removes a static library which is not used by any BLFS package. 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. Contents Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directory gif2rgb, gifbuild, gifclrmp, giffix, 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 giffix clumsily attempts to fix truncated GIF images giffix 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