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gimp-2.8.0 with babl-0.1.10 and gegl-0.2.0.

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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3 "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
4 <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5 %general-entities;
6
7 <!ENTITY gimp-download-http "http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY gimp-download-ftp "ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">
9 <!ENTITY gimp-md5sum "28997d14055f15db063eb92e1c8a7ebb">
10 <!ENTITY gimp-size "20 MB">
11 <!ENTITY gimp-buildsize "607 MB (additonal 579 MB to run the test suite, additional 78 MB to install help files)">
12 <!ENTITY gimp-time "4.9 SBU (additional 0.9 SBU to run the test suite)">
13
14 <!ENTITY gimp-help-version "2.6.0-html-en">
15 <!ENTITY gimp-help-download "ftp://gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/gimp-help-&gimp-help-version;.tar.bz2">
16 <!ENTITY gimp-help-md5sum "81da262343316835ebdd3354ce8eab4f">
17 <!ENTITY gimp-help-size "28 MB">
18]>
19
20<sect1 id="gimp" xreflabel="Gimp-&gimp-version;">
21 <?dbhtml filename="gimp.html" ?>
22
23 <sect1info>
24 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
25 <date>$Date$</date>
26 </sect1info>
27
28 <title>Gimp-&gimp-version;</title>
29
30 <indexterm zone="gimp">
31 <primary sortas="a-Gimp">Gimp</primary>
32 </indexterm>
33
34 <sect2 role="package">
35 <title>Introduction to The Gimp</title>
36
37 <para>The <application>Gimp</application> package contains
38 the GNU Image Manipulation Program. This is useful for
39 photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.</para>
40
41 &lfs71_checked;
42
43 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
44 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
45 <listitem>
46 <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gimp-download-http;"/></para>
47 </listitem>
48 <listitem>
49 <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gimp-download-ftp;"/></para>
50 </listitem>
51 <listitem>
52 <para>Download MD5 sum: &gimp-md5sum;</para>
53 </listitem>
54 <listitem>
55 <para>Download size: &gimp-size;</para>
56 </listitem>
57 <listitem>
58 <para>Estimated disk space required: &gimp-buildsize;</para>
59 </listitem>
60 <listitem>
61 <para>Estimated build time: &gimp-time;</para>
62 </listitem>
63 </itemizedlist>
64
65 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
66 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
67 <listitem>
68 <para>Optional help files: <ulink url="&gimp-help-download;"/> or one
69 of the other available languages - see <ulink
70 url="http://www.gimp.org/docs">gimp.org</ulink> for details.</para>
71 </listitem>
72 <listitem>
73 <para>Download MD5 sum: &gimp-help-md5sum;</para>
74 </listitem>
75 <listitem>
76 <para>Download size: &gimp-help-size;</para>
77 </listitem>
78 </itemizedlist>
79
80 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Gimp Dependencies</bridgehead>
81
82 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
83 <para role="required"><xref linkend="fontconfig"/>,
84 <xref linkend="gegl"/>,
85 <xref linkend="intltool"/>,
86 <xref linkend="gtk2"/></para>
87
88 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
89 <para role="recommended"><xref linkend="libpng"/>,
90 <xref linkend="libjpeg"/>,
91 <xref linkend="libtiff"/> and
92 <xref linkend="pygtk"/> (including the gtk and pango modules).</para>
93
94 <note>
95 <para>If the recommended dependencies are not installed, the
96 <command>configure</command> switches below will need to be modified as
97 explained in <xref linkend="gimp-cmd-explanations"/> below.</para>
98 </note>
99
100 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
101 <para role="optional"><xref linkend="aalib"/>,
102 <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
103 <xref linkend="curl"/>,
104 <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
105 <ulink url="http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/hal">Hal</ulink>,
106 <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>,
107 <xref linkend="gnome-vfs"/>,
108 <xref linkend="lcms"/>,
109 <xref linkend="libexif"/>,
110 <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
111 <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html">libwmf</ulink>,
112 <xref linkend="poppler"/>,
113 an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
114 <command>sendmail</command> program),
115 <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/> (this must be compiled with the
116 <application>gtk+-2</application> backend for the
117 <application>Gimp</application> to use it to create its help browser)
118 and <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
119
120 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
121 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gimp"/></para>
122 </sect2>
123
124 <sect2 role="installation">
125 <title>Installation of The Gimp</title>
126
127 <para>Install The <application>Gimp</application> by running
128 the following commands:</para>
129
130<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --without-gvfs &amp;&amp;
131make</userinput></screen>
132
133 <para>To test the results, from an xterm or similar, issue:
134 <command>make check</command>.</para>
135
136 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
137 user:</para>
138
139<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
140
141 <para>The <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball contains preformatted HTML
142 for use with external web browsers, the internal
143 <application>Gimp</application> help browser, and HTML renderers. Some of
144 the details have changed in <application>gimp-2.8</application>, but much of
145 this is still relevant. Please also consult
146 <ulink url="http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.8.html"/>.</para>
147
148 <para>If you downloaded the <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball, unpack
149 it and change into the root of the newly created source tree. Issue the
150 following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
151 user to install the help files:</para>
152
153<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
154 </sect2>
155
156 <sect2 role="commands" id="gimp-cmd-explanations">
157 <title>Command Explanations</title>
158
159 <para><parameter>--without-gvfs</parameter>: the choice of the backend to
160 handle URI information, e.g. when dragging images from a browser into the
161 <application>gimp</application>, is made at compile time. This parameter will
162 ensure that <application>curl</application> is used at run-time, instead of
163 <application>gvfs</application>. You can omit this if you are installing
164 <application>gvfs</application> AND will be running <command>gvfsd</command>,
165 e.g. in a <application>GNOME</application> desktop.</para>
166
167 <para><option>--without-libpng</option>: This option is necessary if
168 <application>libpng</application> is not installed.</para>
169
170 <para><option>--without-libjpeg</option>: This option is necessary if
171 <application>libjpeg</application> is not installed.</para>
172
173 <para><option>--without-libtiff</option>: This option is necessary if
174 <application>libtiff</application> is not installed.</para>
175
176 <para><option>--disable-python</option>: This option is necessary if
177 you have not installed <application>pygtk</application>.</para>
178
179 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
180 href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
181 </sect2>
182
183 <sect2 role="configuration">
184 <title>Configuring The Gimp</title>
185
186 <sect3 id="gimp-config">
187 <title>Config Files</title>
188
189 <para><filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/*</filename> and
190 <filename>~/.gimp-2.8/gimprc</filename></para>
191
192 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
193 <primary sortas="e-AA.gimp-2.0/gimprc">~/.gimp-2.0/gimprc</primary>
194 </indexterm>
195
196 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
197 <primary sortas="e-etc-gimp-2.0-star">/etc/gimp/2.0/*</primary>
198 </indexterm>
199 </sect3>
200
201 <sect3>
202 <title>Configuration Information</title>
203
204 <para>The <application>Gimp</application> executes a configuration wizard
205 for each user upon their initial use of the program.</para>
206
207 <para>The <application>Gimp</application> executes the
208 <command>firefox</command> web browser by default to view the help
209 files. If you do not have <application>firefox</application>, or
210 prefer a different web browser, you can set a new system value in
211 <filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc</filename>. Execute the following
212 command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
213 replacing <replaceable>&lt;browser&gt;</replaceable> with your
214 preferred web browser:</para>
215
216<screen role="root"><userinput>echo '(web-browser "<replaceable>&lt;browser&gt;</replaceable> %s")' &gt;&gt; /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc</userinput></screen>
217 </sect3>
218 </sect2>
219
220 <sect2 role="content">
221 <title>Contents</title>
222
223 <segmentedlist>
224 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
225 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
226 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
227
228 <seglistitem>
229 <seg>gimp, gimp-2.8, gimp-console, gimp-console-2.8,
230 and gimptool-2.0</seg>
231 <seg>libgimp-2.0.so, libgimpbase-2.0.so, libgimpcolor-2.0.so,
232 libgimpconfig-2.0.so, libgimpmath-2.0.so, libgimpmodule-2.0.so,
233 libgimpthumb-2.0.so, libgimpui-2.0.so, libgimpwidgets-2.0.so, and many
234 other modules and plugin libraries</seg>
235 <seg>/etc/gimp, /usr/include/gimp-2.0, /usr/lib/gimp,
236 /usr/share/gimp and
237 /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimp{,base,color,config,math,module,thumb,widgets}</seg>
238 </seglistitem>
239 </segmentedlist>
240
241 <variablelist>
242 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
243 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
244 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
245
246 <varlistentry id="gimp-prog">
247 <term><command>gimp</command></term>
248 <listitem>
249 <para>is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-2.8</command>.</para>
250 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-prog">
251 <primary sortas="g-gimp">gimp</primary>
252 </indexterm>
253 </listitem>
254 </varlistentry>
255
256 <varlistentry id="gimp-2.8">
257 <term><command>gimp-2.8</command></term>
258 <listitem>
259 <para>is the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It works with a variety
260 of image formats and provides a large selection of tools.</para>
261 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-2.8">
262 <primary sortas="b-gimp-2.8">gimp-2.8</primary>
263 </indexterm>
264 </listitem>
265 </varlistentry>
266
267 <varlistentry id="gimp-console">
268 <term><command>gimp-console</command></term>
269 <listitem>
270 <para>is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-console-2.8</command>.</para>
271 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console">
272 <primary sortas="g-gimp-console">gimp-console</primary>
273 </indexterm>
274 </listitem>
275 </varlistentry>
276
277 <varlistentry id="gimp-console-2.8">
278 <term><command>gimp-console-2.8</command></term>
279 <listitem>
280 <para>is a console program that behaves as if The
281 <application>Gimp</application> was called with the
282 <option>--no-interface</option> command-line option.</para>
283 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console-2.8">
284 <primary sortas="b-gimp-console-2.8">gimp-console-2.8</primary>
285 </indexterm>
286 </listitem>
287 </varlistentry>
288
289 <varlistentry id="gimptool-2.0">
290 <term><command>gimptool-2.0</command></term>
291 <listitem>
292 <para>is a tool that can build plug-ins or scripts and install them
293 if they are distributed in one source file.
294 <command>gimptool-2.0</command> can also be used by programs that
295 need to know what libraries and include-paths The
296 <application>Gimp</application> was compiled with.</para>
297 <indexterm zone="gimp gimptool-2.0">
298 <primary sortas="b-gimptool-2.0">gimptool-2.0</primary>
299 </indexterm>
300 </listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302
303 <varlistentry id="libgimp-2.0">
304 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimp-2.0.so</filename></term>
305 <listitem>
306 <para> provides C bindings for The <application>Gimp</application>'s
307 Procedural Database (PDB) which offers an interface to core functions
308 and to functionality provided by plug-ins.</para>
309 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimp-2.0">
310 <primary sortas="c-libgimp-2.0">libgimp-2.0.so</primary>
311 </indexterm>
312 </listitem>
313 </varlistentry>
314
315 <varlistentry id="libgimpbase-2.0">
316 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpbase-2.0.so</filename></term>
317 <listitem>
318 <para>provides the C functions for basic
319 <application>Gimp</application> functionality such as determining
320 enumeration data types, gettext translation, determining The
321 <application>Gimp</application>'s version number and capabilities,
322 handling data files and accessing the environment.</para>
323 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpbase-2.0">
324 <primary sortas="c-libgimpbase-2.0">libgimpbase-2.0.so</primary>
325 </indexterm>
326 </listitem>
327 </varlistentry>
328
329 <varlistentry id="libgimpcolor-2.0">
330 <term><filename
331 class="libraryfile">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</filename></term>
332 <listitem>
333 <para>provides the C functions relating to RGB, HSV and CMYK colors as
334 well as converting colors between different color models and
335 performing adaptive supersampling on an area.</para>
336 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpcolor-2.0">
337 <primary sortas="c-libgimpcolor-2.0">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</primary>
338 </indexterm>
339 </listitem>
340 </varlistentry>
341
342 <varlistentry id="libgimpconfig-2.0">
343 <term><filename
344 class="libraryfile">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</filename></term>
345 <listitem>
346 <para>contains C functions for reading and writing config information.
347 </para>
348 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpconfig-2.0">
349 <primary sortas="c-libgimpconfig-2.0">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</primary>
350 </indexterm>
351 </listitem>
352 </varlistentry>
353
354 <varlistentry id="libgimpmath-2.0">
355 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpmath-2.0.so</filename></term>
356 <listitem>
357 <para>contains C functions which provide mathematical definitions and
358 macros, manipulate 3x3 transformation matrices, set up and manipulate
359 vectors and the MD5 message-digest algorithm.</para>
360 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmath-2.0">
361 <primary sortas="c-libgimpmath-2.0">libgimpmath-2.0.so</primary>
362 </indexterm>
363 </listitem>
364 </varlistentry>
365
366 <varlistentry id="libgimpmodule-2.0">
367 <term><filename
368 class="libraryfile">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</filename></term>
369 <listitem>
370 <para>provides the C functions which implements module loading using
371 GModule and keeps a list of GimpModule's found in a given
372 searchpath.</para>
373 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmodule-2.0">
374 <primary sortas="c-libgimpmodule-2.0">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</primary>
375 </indexterm>
376 </listitem>
377 </varlistentry>
378
379 <varlistentry id="libgimpthumb-2.0">
380 <term><filename
381 class="libraryfile">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</filename></term>
382 <listitem>
383 <para>provides the C functions for handling The
384 <application>Gimp</application>'s thumbnail objects.</para>
385 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpthumb-2.0">
386 <primary sortas="c-libgimpthumb-2.0">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</primary>
387 </indexterm>
388 </listitem>
389 </varlistentry>
390
391 <varlistentry id="libgimpui-2.0">
392 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpui-2.0.so</filename></term>
393 <listitem>
394 <para>contains The <application>Gimp</application>'s common user
395 interface functions.</para>
396 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpui-2.0">
397 <primary sortas="c-libgimpui-2.0">libgimpui-2.0.so</primary>
398 </indexterm>
399 </listitem>
400 </varlistentry>
401
402 <varlistentry id="libgimpwidgets-2.0">
403 <term><filename
404 class="libraryfile">libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</filename></term>
405 <listitem>
406 <para>contains The <application>Gimp</application>
407 and <application>GTK</application>'s widget creation and
408 manipulation functions.</para>
409 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpwidgets-2.0">
410 <primary
411 sortas="c-libgimpwidgets-2.0">libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</primary>
412 </indexterm>
413 </listitem>
414 </varlistentry>
415 </variablelist>
416 </sect2>
417</sect1>
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