source: general/graphlib/libtiff.xml@ e42dc931

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

<!ENTITY libtiff-download-http "http://libtiff.maptools.org/dl/tiff-&libtiff-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY libtiff-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/tiff-&libtiff-version;.tar.gz">
<!ENTITY libtiff-md5sum "9d7123bd0dbde2a3853fb758346adb78">
<!ENTITY libtiff-size "1.2 MB">
<!ENTITY libtiff-buildsize "17.7 MB">
<!ENTITY libtiff-time "0.41 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="libtiff" xreflabel="libtiff-&libtiff-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="libtiff.html"?>
<title>libtiff-&libtiff-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="libtiff">
<primary sortas="a-Libtiff">Libtiff</primary></indexterm>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>libtiff</application></title>

<para>The <application>libtiff</application> package contains the 
<acronym>TIFF</acronym> libraries and associated utilities. The libraries are 
used by many programs for reading and writing <acronym>TIFF</acronym> files 
and the utilities are useful for general work with 
<acronym>TIFF</acronym> files.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): 
<ulink url="&libtiff-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): 
<ulink url="&libtiff-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download MD5 sum: &libtiff-md5sum;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &libtiff-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated disk space required: 
&libtiff-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: 
&libtiff-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application>libtiff</application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/>, 
X (<xref linkend="xfree86"/> or <xref linkend="xorg"/>) and
<xref linkend="freeglut"/></para>
</sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>libtiff</application></title>

<para>Install <application>libtiff</application> by running the following 
commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

<para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>

<para>Now, as the root user:</para>

<screen><userinput role='root'><command>make install</command></userinput></screen>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<segmentedlist>
<segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
<segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

<seglistitem>
<seg>bmp2tiff, fax2ps, fax2tiff, gif2tiff, pal2rgb, ppm2tiff, ras2tiff, 
raw2tiff, rgb2ycbcr, thumbnail, tiff2bw, tiff2pdf, tiff2ps, tiff2rgba, 
tiffcmp, tiffcp, tiffdither, tiffdump, tiffgt, tiffinfo, tiffmedian, tiffset 
and tiffsplit</seg>
<seg>libtiff.[so,a] and libtiffxx.[so,a]</seg>
<seg>/usr/share/doc/tiff-&libtiff-version;</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>

<variablelist>
<bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>

<varlistentry id="bmp2tiff">
<term><command>bmp2tiff</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a Microsoft Windows Device Independent Bitmap image 
file to a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> image.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff bmp2tiff">
<primary sortas="b-bmp2tiff">bmp2tiff</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="fax2ps">
<term><command>fax2ps</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> facsimile to compressed 
PostScript file.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff fax2ps">
<primary sortas="b-fax2ps">fax2ps</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="fax2tiff">
<term><command>fax2tiff</command></term>
<listitem><para>creates a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> Class F fax file from raw 
fax data.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff fax2tiff">
<primary sortas="b-fax2tiff">fax2tiff</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="gif2tiff">
<term><command>gif2tiff</command></term>
<listitem><para>creates a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> file from a 
<acronym>GIF87</acronym> format image file.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff gif2tiff">
<primary sortas="b-gif2tiff">gif2tiff</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="pal2rgb">
<term><command>pal2rgb</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a palette color <acronym>TIFF</acronym> image to a 
full color image.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff pal2rgb">
<primary sortas="b-pal2rgb">pal2rgb</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="ppm2tiff">
<term><command>ppm2tiff</command></term>
<listitem><para>creates a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> file from a 
<acronym>PPM</acronym> image file.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff ppm2tiff">
<primary sortas="b-ppm2tiff">ppm2tiff</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="ras2tiff">
<term><command>ras2tiff</command></term>
<listitem><para>creates a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> file from a Sun 
rasterfile.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff ras2tiff">
<primary sortas="b-ras2tiff">ras2tiff</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="raw2tiff">
<term><command>raw2tiff</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a raw byte sequence into 
<acronym>TIFF</acronym>.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff raw2tiff">
<primary sortas="b-raw2tiff">raw2tiff</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="rgb2ycbcr">
<term><command>rgb2ycbcr</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts non-YCbCr <acronym>TIFF</acronym> images to YCbCr 
<acronym>TIFF</acronym> images.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff rgb2ycbcr">
<primary sortas="b-rgb2ycbcr">rgb2ycbcr</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="thumbnail">
<term><command>thumbnail</command></term>
<listitem><para>creates a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> file with thumbnail 
images.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff thumbnail">
<primary sortas="b-thumbnail">thumbnail</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiff2bw">
<term><command>tiff2bw</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a color <acronym>TIFF</acronym> image to 
grayscale.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiff2bw">
<primary sortas="b-tiff2bw">tiff2bw</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiff2pdf">
<term><command>tiff2pdf</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> image to a 
<acronym>PDF</acronym> document.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiff2pdf">
<primary sortas="b-tiff2pdf">tiff2pdf</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiff2ps">
<term><command>tiff2ps</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> image to a PostScript 
file.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiff2ps">
<primary sortas="b-tiff2ps">tiff2ps</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiff2rgba">
<term><command>tiff2rgba</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a wide variety of <acronym>TIFF</acronym> images 
into an <acronym>RGBA</acronym> <acronym>TIFF</acronym> image.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiff2rgba">
<primary sortas="b-tiff2rgba">tiff2rgba</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffcmp">
<term><command>tiffcmp</command></term>
<listitem><para>compares two <acronym>TIFF</acronym> files.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffcmp">
<primary sortas="b-tiffcmp">tiffcmp</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffcp">
<term><command>tiffcp</command></term>
<listitem><para> copies (and possibly converts) a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> 
file.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffcp">
<primary sortas="b-tiffcp">tiffcp</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffdither">
<term><command>tiffdither</command></term>
<listitem><para>converts a grayscale image to bilevel using dithering.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffdither">
<primary sortas="b-tiffdither">tiffdither</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffdump">
<term><command>tiffdump</command></term>
<listitem><para>prints verbatim information about <acronym>TIFF</acronym> 
files.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffdump">
<primary sortas="b-tiffdump">tiffdump</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffgt">
<term><command>tiffgt</command></term>
<listitem><para>displays an image stored in a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> file in 
an <application>X</application> window.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffgt">
<primary sortas="b-tiffgt">tiffgt</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffinfo">
<term><command>tiffinfo</command></term>
<listitem><para>prints information about <acronym>TIFF</acronym> files.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffinfo">
<primary sortas="b-tiffinfo">tiffinfo</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffmedian">
<term><command>tiffmedian</command></term>
<listitem><para>applies the median cut algorithm to data in a 
<acronym>TIFF</acronym> file.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffmedian">
<primary sortas="b-tiffmedian">tiffmedian</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffset">
<term><command>tiffset</command></term>
<listitem><para>sets the value of a <acronym>TIFF</acronym> header to a 
specified value.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffset">
<primary sortas="b-tiffset">tiffset</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="tiffsplit">
<term><command>tiffsplit</command></term>
<listitem><para>splits a multi-image <acronym>TIFF</acronym> into 
single-image <acronym>TIFF</acronym> files.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff tiffsplit">
<primary sortas="b-tiffsplit">tiffsplit</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libtiff-lib">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libtiff.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>contains the <acronym>API</acronym> functions used by the 
<application>libtiff</application> programs as well as other programs to 
read and write <acronym>TIFF</acronym> files.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff libtiff-lib">
<primary sortas="c-libtiff">libtiff.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>

<varlistentry id="libtiffxx">
<term><filename class='libraryfile'>libtiffxx.[so,a]</filename></term>
<listitem><para>contains the C++ <acronym>API</acronym> functions used 
by programs to read and write <acronym>TIFF</acronym> files.</para>
<indexterm zone="libtiff libtiffxx">
<primary sortas="c-libtiffxx">libtiffxx.[so,a]</primary>
</indexterm></listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>

</sect2>

</sect1>