source: xsoft/office/gimp.xml@ 5cd0959d

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  %general-entities;

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  <!ENTITY gimp-download-ftp  "ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.0/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gimp-size          "13.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY gimp-buildsize     "578 MB">
  <!ENTITY gimp-time          "6.22 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="gimp" xreflabel="GIMP-&gimp-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gimp.html" ?>
<title>GIMP-&gimp-version;</title>

<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application></title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> package contains 
the <acronym>GNU</acronym> Image Manipulation Program. This is useful for 
photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.</para>

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

<!--
<sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
<itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/fonts/freefonts-0.10.tar.gz"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink
url="ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.2/v1.2.5/gimp-data-extras-1.2.0.tar.bz2"/></para></listitem></itemizedlist>
</sect3>
-->

<sect3><title><application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="GTK2"/> and
<xref linkend="libart_lgpl"/>
</para></sect4>
<sect4><title>Optional</title>
<para>
<xref linkend="gimp-print"/>,
<xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
<xref linkend="libtiff"/>,
<xref linkend="libmng"/>,
<xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
<xref linkend="aalib"/>,
<xref linkend="Python"/>,
<xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
<xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>,
<xref linkend="lcms"/>,
<ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink>,
<ulink url="http://sourceforge.net/projects/libexif">libexif</ulink> and
<ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html">libwmf</ulink>
</para></sect4>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application></title>

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

<screen><userinput><command>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-print &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make install</command></userinput></screen>


</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><option>--disable-print</option>: This option is necessary when
<application>gimp-print</application> is not installed.  If you have 
<application>gimp-print</application> installed, this option would be removed.
</para>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Configuring <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application></title>

<sect3><title>Config files</title>
<para><filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/*</filename>, <filename>~/.gimp-2.0</filename></para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>Configuration Information</title>

<para><application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> executes a 
configuration wizard for each user upon their initial use of the 
program.</para>
</sect3>

</sect2>

<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> package contains 
<command>gimp</command>, <command>gimp-remote</command>, 
<command>gimptool</command> and the 
<application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> libraries.</para>

</sect2>

<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>gimp</title>
<para><command>gimp</command> is an image manipulation program. It works with 
a variety of image formats and provides a large selection of tools.</para>
</sect3>

<sect3><title>gimp-remote</title>
<para><command>gimp-remote</command> is a small utility that tells a running 
<application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> to open a local or remote 
image file.</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>gimptool</title>
<para><command>gimptool</command> is a tool that can build plug-ins or 
scripts and install them if they are distributed in one source file. 
<command>gimptool</command> can also be used by programs that need to 
know what libraries and include-paths 
<application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> was compiled with.
</para></sect3>

</sect2>

</sect1>