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Last change on this file since 55200eb was 55200eb, checked in by Ken Moffat <ken@…>, 12 years ago

Forgot to remove hal and gnome-vfs from the gimp deps in my previous commit.

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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 <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>,
106 <xref linkend="lcms"/>,
107 <xref linkend="libexif"/>,
108 <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
109 <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html">libwmf</ulink>,
110 <xref linkend="poppler"/>,
111 an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
112 <command>sendmail</command> program),
113 <xref linkend="webkitgtk"/> (this must be compiled with the
114 <application>gtk+-2</application> backend for the
115 <application>Gimp</application> to use it to create its help browser)
116 and <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/></para>
117
118 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
119 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gimp"/></para>
120 </sect2>
121
122 <sect2 role="installation">
123 <title>Installation of The Gimp</title>
124
125 <para>Install The <application>Gimp</application> by running
126 the following commands:</para>
127
128<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc --without-gvfs &amp;&amp;
129make</userinput></screen>
130
131 <para>To test the results, from an xterm or similar, issue:
132 <command>make check</command>.</para>
133
134 <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
135 user:</para>
136
137<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
138
139 <para>The <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball contains preformatted HTML
140 for use with external web browsers, the internal
141 <application>Gimp</application> help browser, and HTML renderers. Some of
142 the details have changed in <application>gimp-2.8</application>, but much of
143 this is still relevant. Please also consult
144 <ulink url="http://www.gimp.org/release-notes/gimp-2.8.html"/>.</para>
145
146 <para>If you downloaded the <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball, unpack
147 it and change into the root of the newly created source tree. Issue the
148 following commands as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
149 user to install the help files:</para>
150
151<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
152 </sect2>
153
154 <sect2 role="commands" id="gimp-cmd-explanations">
155 <title>Command Explanations</title>
156
157 <para><parameter>--without-gvfs</parameter>: the choice of the backend to
158 handle URI information, e.g. when dragging images from a browser into the
159 <application>gimp</application>, is made at compile time. This parameter will
160 ensure that <application>curl</application> is used at run-time, instead of
161 <application>gvfs</application>. You can omit this if you are installing
162 <application>gvfs</application> AND will be running <command>gvfsd</command>,
163 e.g. in a <application>GNOME</application> desktop.</para>
164
165 <para><option>--without-libpng</option>: This option is necessary if
166 <application>libpng</application> is not installed.</para>
167
168 <para><option>--without-libjpeg</option>: This option is necessary if
169 <application>libjpeg</application> is not installed.</para>
170
171 <para><option>--without-libtiff</option>: This option is necessary if
172 <application>libtiff</application> is not installed.</para>
173
174 <para><option>--disable-python</option>: This option is necessary if
175 you have not installed <application>pygtk</application>.</para>
176
177 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
178 href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
179 </sect2>
180
181 <sect2 role="configuration">
182 <title>Configuring The Gimp</title>
183
184 <sect3 id="gimp-config">
185 <title>Config Files</title>
186
187 <para><filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/*</filename> and
188 <filename>~/.gimp-2.8/gimprc</filename></para>
189
190 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
191 <primary sortas="e-AA.gimp-2.0/gimprc">~/.gimp-2.0/gimprc</primary>
192 </indexterm>
193
194 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
195 <primary sortas="e-etc-gimp-2.0-star">/etc/gimp/2.0/*</primary>
196 </indexterm>
197 </sect3>
198
199 <sect3>
200 <title>Configuration Information</title>
201
202 <para>The <application>Gimp</application> executes a configuration wizard
203 for each user upon their initial use of the program.</para>
204
205 <para>The <application>Gimp</application> executes the
206 <command>firefox</command> web browser by default to view the help
207 files. If you do not have <application>firefox</application>, or
208 prefer a different web browser, you can set a new system value in
209 <filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc</filename>. Execute the following
210 command as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user,
211 replacing <replaceable>&lt;browser&gt;</replaceable> with your
212 preferred web browser:</para>
213
214<screen role="root"><userinput>echo '(web-browser "<replaceable>&lt;browser&gt;</replaceable> %s")' &gt;&gt; /etc/gimp/2.0/gimprc</userinput></screen>
215 </sect3>
216 </sect2>
217
218 <sect2 role="content">
219 <title>Contents</title>
220
221 <segmentedlist>
222 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
223 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
224 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
225
226 <seglistitem>
227 <seg>gimp, gimp-2.8, gimp-console, gimp-console-2.8,
228 and gimptool-2.0</seg>
229 <seg>libgimp-2.0.so, libgimpbase-2.0.so, libgimpcolor-2.0.so,
230 libgimpconfig-2.0.so, libgimpmath-2.0.so, libgimpmodule-2.0.so,
231 libgimpthumb-2.0.so, libgimpui-2.0.so, libgimpwidgets-2.0.so, and many
232 other modules and plugin libraries</seg>
233 <seg>/etc/gimp, /usr/include/gimp-2.0, /usr/lib/gimp,
234 /usr/share/gimp and
235 /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimp{,base,color,config,math,module,thumb,widgets}</seg>
236 </seglistitem>
237 </segmentedlist>
238
239 <variablelist>
240 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
241 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
242 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
243
244 <varlistentry id="gimp-prog">
245 <term><command>gimp</command></term>
246 <listitem>
247 <para>is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-2.8</command>.</para>
248 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-prog">
249 <primary sortas="g-gimp">gimp</primary>
250 </indexterm>
251 </listitem>
252 </varlistentry>
253
254 <varlistentry id="gimp-2.8">
255 <term><command>gimp-2.8</command></term>
256 <listitem>
257 <para>is the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It works with a variety
258 of image formats and provides a large selection of tools.</para>
259 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-2.8">
260 <primary sortas="b-gimp-2.8">gimp-2.8</primary>
261 </indexterm>
262 </listitem>
263 </varlistentry>
264
265 <varlistentry id="gimp-console">
266 <term><command>gimp-console</command></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-console-2.8</command>.</para>
269 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console">
270 <primary sortas="g-gimp-console">gimp-console</primary>
271 </indexterm>
272 </listitem>
273 </varlistentry>
274
275 <varlistentry id="gimp-console-2.8">
276 <term><command>gimp-console-2.8</command></term>
277 <listitem>
278 <para>is a console program that behaves as if The
279 <application>Gimp</application> was called with the
280 <option>--no-interface</option> command-line option.</para>
281 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console-2.8">
282 <primary sortas="b-gimp-console-2.8">gimp-console-2.8</primary>
283 </indexterm>
284 </listitem>
285 </varlistentry>
286
287 <varlistentry id="gimptool-2.0">
288 <term><command>gimptool-2.0</command></term>
289 <listitem>
290 <para>is a tool that can build plug-ins or scripts and install them
291 if they are distributed in one source file.
292 <command>gimptool-2.0</command> can also be used by programs that
293 need to know what libraries and include-paths The
294 <application>Gimp</application> was compiled with.</para>
295 <indexterm zone="gimp gimptool-2.0">
296 <primary sortas="b-gimptool-2.0">gimptool-2.0</primary>
297 </indexterm>
298 </listitem>
299 </varlistentry>
300
301 <varlistentry id="libgimp-2.0">
302 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimp-2.0.so</filename></term>
303 <listitem>
304 <para> provides C bindings for The <application>Gimp</application>'s
305 Procedural Database (PDB) which offers an interface to core functions
306 and to functionality provided by plug-ins.</para>
307 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimp-2.0">
308 <primary sortas="c-libgimp-2.0">libgimp-2.0.so</primary>
309 </indexterm>
310 </listitem>
311 </varlistentry>
312
313 <varlistentry id="libgimpbase-2.0">
314 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpbase-2.0.so</filename></term>
315 <listitem>
316 <para>provides the C functions for basic
317 <application>Gimp</application> functionality such as determining
318 enumeration data types, gettext translation, determining The
319 <application>Gimp</application>'s version number and capabilities,
320 handling data files and accessing the environment.</para>
321 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpbase-2.0">
322 <primary sortas="c-libgimpbase-2.0">libgimpbase-2.0.so</primary>
323 </indexterm>
324 </listitem>
325 </varlistentry>
326
327 <varlistentry id="libgimpcolor-2.0">
328 <term><filename
329 class="libraryfile">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</filename></term>
330 <listitem>
331 <para>provides the C functions relating to RGB, HSV and CMYK colors as
332 well as converting colors between different color models and
333 performing adaptive supersampling on an area.</para>
334 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpcolor-2.0">
335 <primary sortas="c-libgimpcolor-2.0">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</primary>
336 </indexterm>
337 </listitem>
338 </varlistentry>
339
340 <varlistentry id="libgimpconfig-2.0">
341 <term><filename
342 class="libraryfile">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</filename></term>
343 <listitem>
344 <para>contains C functions for reading and writing config information.
345 </para>
346 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpconfig-2.0">
347 <primary sortas="c-libgimpconfig-2.0">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</primary>
348 </indexterm>
349 </listitem>
350 </varlistentry>
351
352 <varlistentry id="libgimpmath-2.0">
353 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpmath-2.0.so</filename></term>
354 <listitem>
355 <para>contains C functions which provide mathematical definitions and
356 macros, manipulate 3x3 transformation matrices, set up and manipulate
357 vectors and the MD5 message-digest algorithm.</para>
358 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmath-2.0">
359 <primary sortas="c-libgimpmath-2.0">libgimpmath-2.0.so</primary>
360 </indexterm>
361 </listitem>
362 </varlistentry>
363
364 <varlistentry id="libgimpmodule-2.0">
365 <term><filename
366 class="libraryfile">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</filename></term>
367 <listitem>
368 <para>provides the C functions which implements module loading using
369 GModule and keeps a list of GimpModule's found in a given
370 searchpath.</para>
371 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmodule-2.0">
372 <primary sortas="c-libgimpmodule-2.0">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</primary>
373 </indexterm>
374 </listitem>
375 </varlistentry>
376
377 <varlistentry id="libgimpthumb-2.0">
378 <term><filename
379 class="libraryfile">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</filename></term>
380 <listitem>
381 <para>provides the C functions for handling The
382 <application>Gimp</application>'s thumbnail objects.</para>
383 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpthumb-2.0">
384 <primary sortas="c-libgimpthumb-2.0">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</primary>
385 </indexterm>
386 </listitem>
387 </varlistentry>
388
389 <varlistentry id="libgimpui-2.0">
390 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpui-2.0.so</filename></term>
391 <listitem>
392 <para>contains The <application>Gimp</application>'s common user
393 interface functions.</para>
394 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpui-2.0">
395 <primary sortas="c-libgimpui-2.0">libgimpui-2.0.so</primary>
396 </indexterm>
397 </listitem>
398 </varlistentry>
399
400 <varlistentry id="libgimpwidgets-2.0">
401 <term><filename
402 class="libraryfile">libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</filename></term>
403 <listitem>
404 <para>contains The <application>Gimp</application>
405 and <application>GTK</application>'s widget creation and
406 manipulation functions.</para>
407 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpwidgets-2.0">
408 <primary
409 sortas="c-libgimpwidgets-2.0">libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</primary>
410 </indexterm>
411 </listitem>
412 </varlistentry>
413 </variablelist>
414 </sect2>
415</sect1>
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