source: xsoft/office/gimp.xml@ 74cc2caa

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  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gimp-download-http "http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/misc/grafik/gimp/gimp/v2.2/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">
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  <!ENTITY gimp-md5sum        "0db3fca2f741d6dd51eb61dc85778b16">
  <!ENTITY gimp-size          "14 MB">
  <!ENTITY gimp-buildsize     "381 MB (includes installing the help system)">
  <!ENTITY gimp-time          "4.2 SBU (additional 0.9 SBU to run test suite)">

  <!ENTITY gimp-help-version  "0.8">
  <!ENTITY gimp-help-download "ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/testing/gimp-help-2-&gimp-help-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY gimp-help-size     "19 MB">
  <!ENTITY gimp-help-md5sum   "2058eb88fe7a9d230bf3284546445c65">
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<sect1 id="gimp" xreflabel="GIMP-&gimp-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="gimp.html" ?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>GIMP-&gimp-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="gimp">
    <primary sortas="a-GIMP">GIMP</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to GIMP</title>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <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 MD5 sum: &gimp-md5sum;</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>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
      <listitem>
        <para>Optional help files: <ulink url="&gimp-help-download;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &gimp-help-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &gimp-help-size;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">GIMP Dependencies</bridgehead>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="gtk2"/>,
    <xref linkend="libart_lgpl"/> and
    <xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: XML-Parser</para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="libjpeg"/> and
    <xref linkend="libtiff"/></para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para><xref linkend="gimp-print"/>,
    <xref linkend="libmng"/>,
    <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
    <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
    <xref linkend="lcms"/>,
    <xref linkend="libexif"/>,
    <xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/> (used by the internal help system),
    <xref linkend="libxslt"/>,
    <xref linkend="python"/> (and
    <ulink url="http://www.pygtk.org/">PyGTK</ulink>),
    <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
    <ulink url="../server/mail.html">MTA</ulink>,
    <xref linkend="alsa"/> and
    <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html">libwmf</ulink></para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of GIMP</title>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --disable-print \
    --without-libjpeg --without-libtiff &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

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

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
install -v -m755 -d /usr/share/doc/gimp-&gimp-version; &amp;&amp;
install -v -m644 docs/{Wilber*,keybindings.txt,quick_reference.ps} \
    /usr/share/doc/gimp-&gimp-version;</userinput></screen>

    <para>The <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball contains a help system
    designed for use with the internal <application>GIMP</application> help
    browser, external web browsers and HTML renderers. If you downloaded the
    <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball, change directories out of the
    <application>GIMP</application> source tree to the root of your build
    directory. Then, unpack the <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball and
    change directories to the root of the newly created source tree (as an
    unprivileged user). Issue the following commands to install the help
    files:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para><parameter>--disable-print</parameter>: This option will disable print
    support and is necessary if <application>Gimp-Print</application> is not
    installed. If you have <application>Gimp-Print</application> installed,
    remove this option.</para>

    <para><parameter>--without-libjpeg</parameter>: This option is necessary if
    <application>libjpeg</application> is not installed. Remove it if
    <application>libjpeg</application> is installed.</para>

    <para><parameter>--without-libtiff</parameter>: This option is necessary if
    <application>libtiff</application> is not installed. Remove it if
    <application>libtiff</application> is installed.</para>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring GIMP</title>

    <sect3 id="gimp-config">
      <title>Config Files</title>

      <para><filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/*</filename> and
      <filename>~/.gimp-2.0/gimprc</filename></para>

      <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
        <primary sortas="e-AA.gimp-2.0/gimprc">~/.gimp-2.0/gimprc</primary>
      </indexterm>

      <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
        <primary sortas="e-etc-gimp-2.0-star">/etc/gimp/2.0/*</primary>
      </indexterm>

    </sect3>

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

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

    </sect3>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

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

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>gimp, gimp-2.2, gimp-remote, gimp-remote-2.2,
        and gimptool-2.0</seg>
        <seg>libgimp-2.0.so, libgimpbase-2.0.so, libgimpcolor-2.0.so,
        libgimpmath-2.0.so, libgimpmodule-2.0.so, libgimpthumb-2.0.so,
        libgimpui-2.0.so, libgimpwidgets-2.0.so, and many other modules and
        plugin libraries</seg>
        <seg>/etc/gimp, /usr/include/gimp-2.0, /usr/lib/gimp,
        /usr/share/doc/gimp-&gimp-version;, /usr/share/gimp and
        /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimp{,base,color,math,module,thumb,widgets}</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

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

      <varlistentry id="gimp-prog">
        <term><command>gimp</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-2.2</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-prog">
            <primary sortas="g-gimp">gimp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gimp-2.2">
        <term><command>gimp-2.2</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is an image manipulation program. It works with a variety
          of image formats and provides a large selection of tools.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-2.2">
            <primary sortas="b-gimp-2.2">gimp-2.2</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gimp-remote">
        <term><command>gimp-remote</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-remote-2.2</command>.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-remote">
            <primary sortas="g-gimp-remote">gimp-remote</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gimp-remote-2.2">
        <term><command>gimp-remote-2.2</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a small utility that tells a running
          <application>GIMP</application> to open a local or remote
          image file.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-remote-2.2">
            <primary sortas="b-gimp-remote-2.2">gimp-remote-2.2</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gimptool-2.0">
        <term><command>gimptool-2.0</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>is a tool that can build plug-ins or scripts and install them
          if they are distributed in one source file.
          <command>gimptool-2.0</command> can also be used by programs that
          need to know what libraries and include-paths
          <application>GIMP</application> was compiled with.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimptool-2.0">
            <primary sortas="b-gimptool-2.0">gimptool-2.0</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgimp-2.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgimp-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para> provides C bindings for <application>GIMP</application>'s
          Procedural Database (PDB) which offers an interface to core functions
          and to functionality provided by plug-ins.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimp-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimp-2.0">libgimp-2.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgimpbase-2.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgimpbase-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides the C functions for basic <application>GIMP</application>
          functionality such as determining enumeration data types, gettext
          translation, determining <application>GIMP</application>'s version
          number and capabilities, handling data files and accessing the
          environment.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpbase-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimpbase-2.0">libgimpbase-2.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgimpcolor-2.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgimpcolor-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides the C functions relating to RGB, HSV and CMYK colors as
          well as converting colors between different color models and performing
          adaptive supersampling on an area.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpcolor-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimpcolor-2.0">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgimpmath-2.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgimpmath-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains C functions which provide mathematical definitions and
          macros, manipulate 3x3 transformation matrices, set up and manipulate
          vectors and the MD5 message-digest algorithm.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmath-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimpmath-2.0">libgimpmath-2.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgimpmodule-2.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgimpmodule-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides the C functions which implements module loading using
          GModule and keeps a list of GimpModule's found in a given
          searchpath.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmodule-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimpmodule-2.0">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgimpthumb-2.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgimpthumb-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>provides the C functions for handling
          <application>GIMP</application>'s thumbnail objects.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpthumb-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimpthumb-2.0">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgimpui-2.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgimpui-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains the <application>GIMP</application> common user
          interface functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpui-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimpui-2.0">libgimpui-2.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="libgimpwidgets-2.0">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains <application>GIMP</application>
          and <application>GTK</application> widget creation and
          manipulation functions.</para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpwidgets-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimpwidgets-2.0">libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>