%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Libungif The libungif package contains libraries for reading all GIFs and writing non-compressed ones as well as programs for converting and working with GIF files. The libraries are useful for any graphics program wishing to deal with GIF files while the programs are useful for conversion purposes as well as cleaning up images. The reason libungif only writes non-compressed GIFs is due to a legal issue with LZW compression (which Unisys claimed a patent on). Reading GIFs is not a problem as the decompression routines do not seem to be limited in this way. Note that this has in the past been disputed. The best way to avoid this whole mess is to simply use libungif for looking at GIF images on the web, while in any pages which you design, use the open source PNG format instead (which uses, not surprisingly, the libpng library) which has no patent issues at all. Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &libungif-md5sum; Download size: &libungif-size; Estimated disk space required: &libungif-buildsize; Estimated build time: &libungif-time; Libungif Dependencies Optional X ( or ) Install libungif by running the following commands: ./configure --prefix=/usr && make && make install && install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/libungif-&libungif-version;/html && install -v -m644 doc/*.{png,html} \ /usr/share/doc/libungif-&libungif-version;/html && install -v -m644 doc/*.txt \ /usr/share/doc/libungif-&libungif-version; Installed Programs Installed Library Installed Directories gif2epsn, gif2ps, gif2rgb, gif2x11, gifasm, gifbg, gifburst, gifclip, gifclrmp, gifcolor, gifcomb, gifcompose, giffiltr, giffix, gifflip, gifhisto, gifinfo, gifinter, gifinto, gifovly, gifpos, gifrotat, gifrsize, gifspnge, giftext, gifwedge, icon2gif, raw2gif, rgb2gif, and text2gif libungif.[so,a] None Short Descriptions gif2epsn dumps images saved as GIF files on Epson type printers. gif2epsn gif2ps print GIF files on laser printers supporting PostScript. gif2ps gif2rgb convert images saved as GIF to 24-bit RGB image(s). gif2rgb gif2x11 display images saved as GIF files under X Window System. gif2x11 gifasm assemble multiple GIFs into one, or burst a multiple-image GIF. gifasm gifbg generate a single-color test pattern GIF. gifbg gifburst burst a GIF image into subrectangles. gifburst gifclip clip or crop a GIF image. gifclip gifclrmp modify GIF image colormaps. gifclrmp gifcolor generate color test patterns. gifcolor gifcomb combine 2 GIF images of exactly the same size into one. gifcomb gifcompose use (un)giflib tools to compose images. gifcompose giffiltr template code for filtering a GIF sequentially. giffiltr giffix clumsily attempts to fix truncated GIF images. giffix gifflip flip GIF image along X or Y axis or rotate by 90 degrees. gifflip gifhisto generate color-frequency histogram from a GIF. gifhisto gifinfo gives information on a GIF file. gifinfo gifinter convert between interlaced and non-interlaced images. gifinter gifinto end-of-pipe fitting for GIF-processing pipelines. gifinto gifo-libungifvly generate one composite GIF from a multiple-image GIF. gifovly gifpos change a GIF's screen size or recondition it. gifpos gifrotat rotate a GIF through any desired angle. gifrotat gifrsize resize a GIF by deletion or duplication of bits. gifrsize gifspnge template code for filtering a GIF with in-core operations. gifspnge giftext print (text only) general information about a GIF. giftext gifwedge create a test GIF image resembling a color monitor test pattern. gifwedge icon2gif converter/deconverter to/from an editable text format. icon2gif raw2gif convert raw 8-bit image data into GIF files. raw2gif rgb2gif convert 24 bit images to a GIF image using color quantization. rgb2gif text2gif generate GIF images out of regular text in 8x8 font. text2gif