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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY gimp-download-http "http://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gimp-download-ftp  " ">
  <!ENTITY gimp-md5sum        "5adaa11a68bc8a42bb2c778fee4d389c">
  <!ENTITY gimp-size          "20 MB">
  <!ENTITY gimp-buildsize     "575 MB (additional 714 MB to run
                               the test suite)">
  <!ENTITY gimp-time          "5.9 SBU (additional 0.9 SBU to run
                               the test suite)">


  <!ENTITY gimp-help-version    "2.8.2">
  <!ENTITY gimp-help-download   "http://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/gimp-help-&gimp-help-version;.tar.bz2">
  <!ENTITY gimp-help-md5sum     "a591c8974b2f4f584d0a769d52ed6c5b">
  <!ENTITY gimp-help-size       "152 MB">
  <!ENTITY gimp-help-buildsize  "From 307 MB (en only) to 1257 MB (all 18
                                 languages), average of 52 MB per translation">
  <!ENTITY gimp-help-time       "0.8 SBU (en only), average of 1.2 SBU per
                                 translation (measured with 5 languages), 5.9
                                 SBU, with parallelism=8, for all languages">
]>

<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 which is useful for
      photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
    </para>

    &lfs7a_checked;

    <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>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated disk space required: &gimp-help-buildsize;
        </para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>
          Estimated build time: &gimp-help-time;
        </para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

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

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
    <para role="required">
      <xref linkend="gegl"/> and
      <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
    <para role="recommended">
      <xref linkend="pygtk"/> (including the gtk and pango modules)
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
      <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
      <xref linkend="curl"/>,
      <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
      <xref linkend="gs"/> (with libgs installed),
      <xref linkend="gvfs"/>,
      <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>,
      <xref linkend="jasper"/>,
      <xref linkend="lcms"/> or <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
      <xref linkend="libexif"/>,
      <xref linkend="libgudev"/>,
      <xref linkend="libmng"/>,
      <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
      <xref linkend="poppler"/>,
      an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
      <command>sendmail</command> program),
      <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>, 
      <xref linkend="webkitgtk2"/> (required for the help-plugin) and
      <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html">libwmf</ulink>
    </para>

    <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional, for optimizing the PNG files in the
    help system</bridgehead>
    <para role="optional">
      <ulink url="http://pngnq.sourceforge.net/">pngnq</ulink> and
      <ulink url="http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/">pngcrush</ulink>
    </para>

    <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
      <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gimp"/>
    </para>
  </sect2>

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

    <para>
      Fix some issues with <xref linkend="gegl"/>:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>sed -i '/gegl/s/2/3/' configure &amp;&amp;
sed -i '70,75 d' app/core/gimpparamspecs-duplicate.c</userinput></screen>

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

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
            --sysconfdir=/etc \
            --without-gvfs &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      To test the results (requires an X-Windowed terminal) issue:
      <command>make check</command>.
    </para>

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

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

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Gimp-Help</title>

    <para>
      The <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball contains images and English
      text help for help files, together with translations.
    </para>

    <para>
      If you downloaded the <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball, unpack
      it and change into the root of the newly created source tree. Prepare for
      the build with the following command:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>ALL_LINGUAS=&quot;ca da de el en en_GB es fr it ja ko nl nn pt_BR ru sl sv zh_CN&quot; \
./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Remove from <envar>ALL_LINGUAS</envar> the codes for any languages which
      you do not wish to install. Alternatively, remove the line starting with
      <envar>ALL_LINGUAS</envar>, if you wish to build all languages.
    </para>

    <para>
      Now build the help files:
    </para>

<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>

    <para>
      Issue the following commands as the
      <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the help
      files:
    </para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
chown -R root:root /usr/share/gimp/2.0/help</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="commands" id="gimp-cmd-explanations">
    <title>Command Explanations</title>

    <para>
      <command>sed ... configure &amp;&amp; sed ...</command>:
      These commands allow
      building with the current version of gegl.
    </para>

    <para>
      <envar>ALL_LINGUAS=&quot;ca da de el en en_GB ...&quot;</envar>: by
      default, the help files will be rendered in all the available languages.
      Remove the codes of any languages you do not wish to build.
    </para>

    <para>
      <parameter>--without-gvfs</parameter>: the choice of the backend to
      handle URI information, e.g., when dragging images from a browser into the
      <application>Gimp</application>, is made at compile time.  This parameter will
      ensure that <application>cURL</application> is used at run-time, instead of
      <application>Gvfs</application>.  You can omit this if you are installing
      <application>Gvfs</application> AND will be running <command>gvfsd</command>,
      e.g., in a <application>GNOME</application> desktop.
    </para>

    <para><option>--disable-python</option>: This option is necessary if
    you have not installed <application>PyGTK</application>.</para>

    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
      href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="configuration">
    <title>Configuring The Gimp</title>

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

      <para>
        <filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/*</filename> and
        <filename>~/.gimp-2.8/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>
        The <application>Gimp</application> executes a configuration wizard
        for each user upon their initial use of the program.
      </para>

      <para>
        The GIMP uses either a plugin or a browser for its help system.  <!-- 
        The depedency to build the plugin, WebKitGTK+-2.4.x, has been deprecated
        and is no longer in BLFS. -->  To set up the help system to work with 
        the default browser, use Edit -> Preferences -> Help System and select 
        'Web Browser' for the 'Help Browser to use' setting.
      </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-2.8,
          gimp-console, gimp-console-2.8, and
          gimptool-2.0
        </seg>
        <seg>
          libgimp-2.0.so, libgimpbase-2.0.so, libgimpcolor-2.0.so,
          libgimpconfig-2.0.so, libgimpmath-2.0.so, libgimpmodule-2.0.so,
          libgimpthumb-2.0.so, libgimpui-2.0.so, and libgimpwidgets-2.0.so
        </seg>
        <seg>
          /etc/gimp,
          /usr/include/gimp-2.0,
          /usr/{lib,share}/gimp,
          /usr/share/gimp/2.0/help/{en,lang2,lang3,...},
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimp{,base,color,config}, and
          /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimp{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-2.8</command>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-prog">
            <primary sortas="b-gimp">gimp</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gimp-2.8">
        <term><command>gimp-2.8</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It works with a variety
            of image formats and provides a large selection of tools.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-2.8">
            <primary sortas="b-gimp-2.8">gimp-2.8</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gimp-console">
        <term><command>gimp-console</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-console-2.8</command>.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console">
            <primary sortas="b-gimp-console">gimp-console</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="gimp-console-2.8">
        <term><command>gimp-console-2.8</command></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            is a console program that behaves as if The
            <application>Gimp</application> was called with the
            <option>--no-interface</option> command-line option.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console-2.8">
            <primary sortas="b-gimp-console-2.8">gimp-console-2.8</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 The
            <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 The <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 The
            <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="libgimpconfig-2.0">
        <term><filename
        class="libraryfile">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>
            contains C functions for reading and writing config information.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpconfig-2.0">
            <primary sortas="c-libgimpconfig-2.0">libgimpconfig-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 The
            <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>'s 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 The <application>Gimp</application>
            and <application>GTK</application>'s 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>