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2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY gimp-download-http "http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY gimp-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">
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9 | <!ENTITY gimp-md5sum "28997d14055f15db063eb92e1c8a7ebb">
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10 | <!ENTITY gimp-size "20 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gimp-buildsize "607 MB (additonal 579 MB to run the test suite, additional 78 MB to install help files)">
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12 | <!ENTITY gimp-time "4.9 SBU (additional 0.9 SBU to run the test suite)">
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13 |
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14 | <!ENTITY gimp-help-version "2.6.0-html-en">
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15 | <!ENTITY gimp-help-download "ftp://gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/gimp-help-&gimp-help-version;.tar.bz2">
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16 | <!ENTITY gimp-help-md5sum "81da262343316835ebdd3354ce8eab4f">
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17 | <!ENTITY gimp-help-size "28 MB">
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18 | ]>
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19 |
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20 | <sect1 id="gimp" xreflabel="Gimp-&gimp-version;">
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21 | <?dbhtml filename="gimp.html" ?>
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22 |
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23 | <sect1info>
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24 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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25 | <date>$Date$</date>
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26 | </sect1info>
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27 |
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28 | <title>Gimp-&gimp-version;</title>
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29 |
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30 | <indexterm zone="gimp">
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31 | <primary sortas="a-Gimp">Gimp</primary>
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32 | </indexterm>
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33 |
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34 | <sect2 role="package">
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35 | <title>Introduction to The Gimp</title>
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36 |
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37 | <para>The <application>Gimp</application> package contains
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38 | the GNU Image Manipulation Program. This is useful for
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39 | photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.</para>
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40 |
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41 | &lfs71_checked;
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42 |
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43 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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44 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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45 | <listitem>
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46 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gimp-download-http;"/></para>
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47 | </listitem>
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48 | <listitem>
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49 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gimp-download-ftp;"/></para>
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50 | </listitem>
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51 | <listitem>
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52 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gimp-md5sum;</para>
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53 | </listitem>
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54 | <listitem>
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55 | <para>Download size: &gimp-size;</para>
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56 | </listitem>
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57 | <listitem>
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58 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gimp-buildsize;</para>
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59 | </listitem>
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60 | <listitem>
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61 | <para>Estimated build time: &gimp-time;</para>
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62 | </listitem>
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63 | </itemizedlist>
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64 |
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65 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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66 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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67 | <listitem>
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68 | <para>Optional help files: <ulink url="&gimp-help-download;"/> or one
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69 | of the other available languages - see <ulink
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70 | url="http://www.gimp.org/docs">gimp.org</ulink> for details.</para>
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71 | </listitem>
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72 | <listitem>
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73 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gimp-help-md5sum;</para>
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74 | </listitem>
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75 | <listitem>
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76 | <para>Download size: &gimp-help-size;</para>
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77 | </listitem>
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78 | </itemizedlist>
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79 |
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80 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Gimp Dependencies</bridgehead>
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81 |
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82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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83 | <para role="required"><xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
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84 | <xref linkend="gegl"/>,
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85 | <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
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86 | <xref linkend="gtk2"/></para>
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87 |
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88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
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89 | <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="libpng"/>,
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90 | <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
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91 | <xref linkend="libtiff"/> and
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92 | <xref linkend="pygtk"/> (including the gtk and pango modules).</para>
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93 |
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94 | <note>
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95 | <para>If the recommended dependencies are not installed, the
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96 | <command>configure</command> switches below will need to be modified as
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97 | explained in <xref linkend="gimp-cmd-explanations"/> below.</para>
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98 | </note>
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99 |
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100 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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101 | <para role="optional"><xref linkend="aalib"/>,
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102 | <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
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103 | <xref linkend="curl"/>,
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104 | <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
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105 | <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>,
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106 | <xref linkend="lcms"/>,
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107 | <xref linkend="libexif"/>,
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108 | <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
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109 | <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html">libwmf</ulink>,
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110 | <xref linkend="poppler"/>,
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111 | an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
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112 | <command>sendmail</command> program),
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113 | <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/> (this must be compiled with the
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114 | <application>gtk+-2</application> backend for the
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115 | <application>Gimp</application> to use it to create its help browser)
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116 | and <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
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117 |
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118 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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119 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gimp"/></para>
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120 | </sect2>
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121 |
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122 | <sect2 role="installation">
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123 | <title>Installation of The Gimp</title>
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124 |
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125 | <para>Install The <application>Gimp</application> by running
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126 | the following commands:</para>
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127 |
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128 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --without-gvfs &&
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129 | make</userinput></screen>
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130 |
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131 | <para>To test the results, from an xterm or similar, issue:
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132 | <command>make check</command>.</para>
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133 |
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134 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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135 | user:</para>
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136 |
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137 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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138 |
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139 | <para>The <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball contains preformatted HTML
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140 | for use with external web browsers, the internal
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141 | <application>Gimp</application> help browser, and HTML renderers. Some of
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142 | the details have changed in <application>gimp-2.8</application>, but much of
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143 | this is still relevant. Please also consult
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144 | <ulink url="http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.8.html"/>.</para>
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145 |
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146 | <para>If you downloaded the <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball, unpack
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147 | it and change into the root of the newly created source tree. Issue the
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148 | following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
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149 | user to install the help files:</para>
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150 |
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151 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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152 | </sect2>
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153 |
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154 | <sect2 role="commands" id="gimp-cmd-explanations">
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155 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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156 |
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157 | <para><parameter>--without-gvfs</parameter>: the choice of the backend to
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158 | handle URI information, e.g. when dragging images from a browser into the
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159 | <application>gimp</application>, is made at compile time. This parameter will
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160 | ensure that <application>curl</application> is used at run-time, instead of
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161 | <application>gvfs</application>. You can omit this if you are installing
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162 | <application>gvfs</application> AND will be running <command>gvfsd</command>,
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163 | e.g. in a <application>GNOME</application> desktop.</para>
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164 |
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165 | <para><option>--without-libpng</option>: This option is necessary if
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166 | <application>libpng</application> is not installed.</para>
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167 |
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168 | <para><option>--without-libjpeg</option>: This option is necessary if
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169 | <application>libjpeg</application> is not installed.</para>
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170 |
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171 | <para><option>--without-libtiff</option>: This option is necessary if
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172 | <application>libtiff</application> is not installed.</para>
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173 |
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174 | <para><option>--disable-python</option>: This option is necessary if
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175 | you have not installed <application>pygtk</application>.</para>
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176 |
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177 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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178 | href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
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179 | </sect2>
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180 |
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181 | <sect2 role="configuration">
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182 | <title>Configuring The Gimp</title>
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183 |
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184 | <sect3 id="gimp-config">
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185 | <title>Config Files</title>
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186 |
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187 | <para><filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/*</filename> and
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188 | <filename>~/.gimp-2.8/gimprc</filename></para>
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189 |
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190 | <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
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191 | <primary sortas="e-AA.gimp-2.0/gimprc">~/.gimp-2.0/gimprc</primary>
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192 | </indexterm>
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193 |
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194 | <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
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195 | <primary sortas="e-etc-gimp-2.0-star">/etc/gimp/2.0/*</primary>
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196 | </indexterm>
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197 | </sect3>
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198 |
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199 | <sect3>
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200 | <title>Configuration Information</title>
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201 |
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202 | <para>The <application>Gimp</application> executes a configuration wizard
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203 | for each user upon their initial use of the program.</para>
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204 |
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205 | <para>The <application>Gimp</application> executes the
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206 | <command>firefox</command> web browser by default to view the help
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207 | files. If you do not have <application>firefox</application>, or
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208 | prefer a different web browser, you can set a new system value in
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209 | <filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc</filename>. Execute the following
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210 | command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
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211 | replacing <replaceable><browser></replaceable> with your
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212 | preferred web browser:</para>
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213 |
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214 | <screen role="root"><userinput>echo '(web-browser "<replaceable><browser></replaceable> %s")' >> /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc</userinput></screen>
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215 | </sect3>
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216 | </sect2>
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217 |
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218 | <sect2 role="content">
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219 | <title>Contents</title>
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220 |
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221 | <segmentedlist>
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222 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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223 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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224 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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225 |
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226 | <seglistitem>
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227 | <seg>gimp, gimp-2.8, gimp-console, gimp-console-2.8,
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228 | and gimptool-2.0</seg>
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229 | <seg>libgimp-2.0.so, libgimpbase-2.0.so, libgimpcolor-2.0.so,
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230 | libgimpconfig-2.0.so, libgimpmath-2.0.so, libgimpmodule-2.0.so,
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231 | libgimpthumb-2.0.so, libgimpui-2.0.so, libgimpwidgets-2.0.so, and many
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232 | other modules and plugin libraries</seg>
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233 | <seg>/etc/gimp, /usr/include/gimp-2.0, /usr/lib/gimp,
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234 | /usr/share/gimp and
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235 | /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimp{,base,color,config,math,module,thumb,widgets}</seg>
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236 | </seglistitem>
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237 | </segmentedlist>
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238 |
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239 | <variablelist>
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240 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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241 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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242 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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243 |
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244 | <varlistentry id="gimp-prog">
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245 | <term><command>gimp</command></term>
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246 | <listitem>
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247 | <para>is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-2.8</command>.</para>
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248 | <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-prog">
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249 | <primary sortas="g-gimp">gimp</primary>
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250 | </indexterm>
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251 | </listitem>
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252 | </varlistentry>
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253 |
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254 | <varlistentry id="gimp-2.8">
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255 | <term><command>gimp-2.8</command></term>
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256 | <listitem>
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257 | <para>is the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It works with a variety
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258 | of image formats and provides a large selection of tools.</para>
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259 | <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-2.8">
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260 | <primary sortas="b-gimp-2.8">gimp-2.8</primary>
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261 | </indexterm>
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262 | </listitem>
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263 | </varlistentry>
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264 |
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265 | <varlistentry id="gimp-console">
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266 | <term><command>gimp-console</command></term>
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267 | <listitem>
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268 | <para>is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-console-2.8</command>.</para>
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269 | <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console">
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270 | <primary sortas="g-gimp-console">gimp-console</primary>
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271 | </indexterm>
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272 | </listitem>
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273 | </varlistentry>
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274 |
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275 | <varlistentry id="gimp-console-2.8">
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276 | <term><command>gimp-console-2.8</command></term>
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277 | <listitem>
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278 | <para>is a console program that behaves as if The
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279 | <application>Gimp</application> was called with the
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280 | <option>--no-interface</option> command-line option.</para>
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281 | <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console-2.8">
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282 | <primary sortas="b-gimp-console-2.8">gimp-console-2.8</primary>
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283 | </indexterm>
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284 | </listitem>
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285 | </varlistentry>
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286 |
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287 | <varlistentry id="gimptool-2.0">
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288 | <term><command>gimptool-2.0</command></term>
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289 | <listitem>
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290 | <para>is a tool that can build plug-ins or scripts and install them
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291 | if they are distributed in one source file.
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292 | <command>gimptool-2.0</command> can also be used by programs that
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293 | need to know what libraries and include-paths The
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294 | <application>Gimp</application> was compiled with.</para>
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295 | <indexterm zone="gimp gimptool-2.0">
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296 | <primary sortas="b-gimptool-2.0">gimptool-2.0</primary>
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297 | </indexterm>
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298 | </listitem>
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299 | </varlistentry>
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300 |
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301 | <varlistentry id="libgimp-2.0">
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302 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimp-2.0.so</filename></term>
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303 | <listitem>
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304 | <para> provides C bindings for The <application>Gimp</application>'s
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305 | Procedural Database (PDB) which offers an interface to core functions
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306 | and to functionality provided by plug-ins.</para>
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307 | <indexterm zone="gimp libgimp-2.0">
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308 | <primary sortas="c-libgimp-2.0">libgimp-2.0.so</primary>
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309 | </indexterm>
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310 | </listitem>
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311 | </varlistentry>
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312 |
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313 | <varlistentry id="libgimpbase-2.0">
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314 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpbase-2.0.so</filename></term>
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315 | <listitem>
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316 | <para>provides the C functions for basic
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317 | <application>Gimp</application> functionality such as determining
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318 | enumeration data types, gettext translation, determining The
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319 | <application>Gimp</application>'s version number and capabilities,
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320 | handling data files and accessing the environment.</para>
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321 | <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpbase-2.0">
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322 | <primary sortas="c-libgimpbase-2.0">libgimpbase-2.0.so</primary>
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323 | </indexterm>
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324 | </listitem>
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325 | </varlistentry>
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326 |
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327 | <varlistentry id="libgimpcolor-2.0">
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328 | <term><filename
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329 | class="libraryfile">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</filename></term>
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330 | <listitem>
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331 | <para>provides the C functions relating to RGB, HSV and CMYK colors as
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332 | well as converting colors between different color models and
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333 | performing adaptive supersampling on an area.</para>
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334 | <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpcolor-2.0">
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335 | <primary sortas="c-libgimpcolor-2.0">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</primary>
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336 | </indexterm>
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337 | </listitem>
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338 | </varlistentry>
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339 |
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340 | <varlistentry id="libgimpconfig-2.0">
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341 | <term><filename
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342 | class="libraryfile">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</filename></term>
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343 | <listitem>
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344 | <para>contains C functions for reading and writing config information.
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345 | </para>
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346 | <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpconfig-2.0">
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347 | <primary sortas="c-libgimpconfig-2.0">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</primary>
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348 | </indexterm>
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349 | </listitem>
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350 | </varlistentry>
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351 |
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352 | <varlistentry id="libgimpmath-2.0">
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353 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpmath-2.0.so</filename></term>
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354 | <listitem>
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355 | <para>contains C functions which provide mathematical definitions and
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356 | macros, manipulate 3x3 transformation matrices, set up and manipulate
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357 | vectors and the MD5 message-digest algorithm.</para>
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358 | <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmath-2.0">
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359 | <primary sortas="c-libgimpmath-2.0">libgimpmath-2.0.so</primary>
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360 | </indexterm>
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361 | </listitem>
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362 | </varlistentry>
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363 |
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364 | <varlistentry id="libgimpmodule-2.0">
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365 | <term><filename
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366 | class="libraryfile">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</filename></term>
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367 | <listitem>
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368 | <para>provides the C functions which implements module loading using
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369 | GModule and keeps a list of GimpModule's found in a given
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370 | searchpath.</para>
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371 | <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmodule-2.0">
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372 | <primary sortas="c-libgimpmodule-2.0">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</primary>
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373 | </indexterm>
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374 | </listitem>
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375 | </varlistentry>
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376 |
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377 | <varlistentry id="libgimpthumb-2.0">
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378 | <term><filename
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379 | class="libraryfile">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</filename></term>
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380 | <listitem>
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381 | <para>provides the C functions for handling The
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382 | <application>Gimp</application>'s thumbnail objects.</para>
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383 | <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpthumb-2.0">
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384 | <primary sortas="c-libgimpthumb-2.0">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</primary>
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385 | </indexterm>
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386 | </listitem>
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387 | </varlistentry>
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388 |
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390 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpui-2.0.so</filename></term>
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391 | <listitem>
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392 | <para>contains The <application>Gimp</application>'s common user
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393 | interface functions.</para>
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395 | <primary sortas="c-libgimpui-2.0">libgimpui-2.0.so</primary>
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399 |
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401 | <term><filename
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402 | class="libraryfile">libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</filename></term>
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403 | <listitem>
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404 | <para>contains The <application>Gimp</application>
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405 | and <application>GTK</application>'s widget creation and
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406 | manipulation functions.</para>
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407 | <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpwidgets-2.0">
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408 | <primary
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410 | </indexterm>
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414 | </sect2>
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415 | </sect1>
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