source: xsoft/office/gimp.xml@ 86af98a

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %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        "a65ea578d42a8c6658296aa52547063d">
  <!ENTITY gimp-size          "13.8 MB">
  <!ENTITY gimp-buildsize     "277 MB">
  <!ENTITY gimp-time          "5.63 SBU (additional 1.01 SBU to run test suite)">
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<sect1 id="gimp" xreflabel="GIMP-&gimp-version;">
<sect1info>
<othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
<date>$Date$</date>
</sect1info>
<?dbhtml filename="gimp.html" ?>
<title>GIMP-&gimp-version;</title>
<indexterm zone="gimp">
<primary sortas="a-GIMP">GIMP</primary></indexterm>

<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 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>
</sect3>

<sect3><title><application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> 
dependencies</title>
<sect4><title>Required</title>
<para><xref linkend="gtk2"/>, 
<xref linkend="libart_lgpl"/> and 
<xref linkend="perl-modules"/>: XML-Parser</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="lcms"/>, 
<xref linkend="libgtkhtml"/>, 
<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"/>, 
<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 \
    --without-libjpeg --without-libtiff &amp;&amp;
make</command></userinput></screen>

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

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

</sect2>

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

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

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

</sect2>

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

<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/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"?>

<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><acronym>GIMP</acronym></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><acronym>GIMP</acronym></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><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application>'s Procedural Database 
(<acronym>PDB</acronym>) 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><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> functionality such as 
determining enumeration data types, gettext translation, determining 
<application><acronym>GIMP</acronym></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 <acronym>RGB</acronym>, 
<acronym>HSV</acronym> and <acronym>CMYK</acronym> 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><acronym>GIMP</acronym></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><acronym>GIMP</acronym></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><acronym>GIMP</acronym></application> 
and <application><acronym>GTK</acronym></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>