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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://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v2.8/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">
8 <!ENTITY gimp-download-ftp " ">
9<!-- <!ENTITY gimp-download-ftp "ftp://mirrors.xmission.com/gimp/gimp/v2.8/gimp-&gimp-version;.tar.bz2">-->
10 <!ENTITY gimp-md5sum "30e0a1b7c18b0e3415f4ac54567252ac">
11 <!ENTITY gimp-size "20 MB">
12 <!ENTITY gimp-buildsize "632 MB (additional 690 MB to run
13 the test suite)">
14 <!ENTITY gimp-time "4.2 SBU (additional 0.7 SBU to run
15 the test suite)">
16
17
18 <!ENTITY gimp-help-version "2.8.2">
19 <!ENTITY gimp-help-download "http://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/help/gimp-help-&gimp-help-version;.tar.bz2">
20 <!ENTITY gimp-help-md5sum "a591c8974b2f4f584d0a769d52ed6c5b">
21 <!ENTITY gimp-help-size "152 MB">
22 <!ENTITY gimp-help-buildsize "From 307 MB (en only) to 1257 MB (all 18
23 languages), average of 52 MB per translation">
24 <!ENTITY gimp-help-time "0.8 SBU (en only), average of 1.2 SBU per
25 translation (measured with 5 languages), 5.9
26 SBU, with parallelism=8, for all languages">
27]>
28
29<sect1 id="gimp" xreflabel="Gimp-&gimp-version;">
30 <?dbhtml filename="gimp.html" ?>
31
32 <sect1info>
33 <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
34 <date>$Date$</date>
35 </sect1info>
36
37 <title>Gimp-&gimp-version;</title>
38
39 <indexterm zone="gimp">
40 <primary sortas="a-Gimp">Gimp</primary>
41 </indexterm>
42
43 <sect2 role="package">
44 <title>Introduction to Gimp</title>
45
46 <para>
47 The <application>Gimp</application> package contains
48 the GNU Image Manipulation Program which is useful for
49 photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
50 </para>
51
52 &lfs79_checked;
53
54 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
55 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
56 <listitem>
57 <para>
58 Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gimp-download-http;"/>
59 </para>
60 </listitem>
61 <listitem>
62 <para>
63 Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gimp-download-ftp;"/>
64 </para>
65 </listitem>
66 <listitem>
67 <para>
68 Download MD5 sum: &gimp-md5sum;
69 </para>
70 </listitem>
71 <listitem>
72 <para>
73 Download size: &gimp-size;
74 </para>
75 </listitem>
76 <listitem>
77 <para>
78 Estimated disk space required: &gimp-buildsize;
79 </para>
80 </listitem>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>
83 Estimated build time: &gimp-time;
84 </para>
85 </listitem>
86 </itemizedlist>
87
88 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
89 <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
90 <listitem>
91 <para>
92 Optional help files: <ulink url="&gimp-help-download;"/>
93 </para>
94 </listitem>
95 <listitem>
96 <para>
97 Download MD5 sum: &gimp-help-md5sum;
98 </para>
99 </listitem>
100 <listitem>
101 <para>
102 Download size: &gimp-help-size;
103 </para>
104 </listitem>
105 <listitem>
106 <para>
107 Estimated disk space required: &gimp-help-buildsize;
108 </para>
109 </listitem>
110 <listitem>
111 <para>
112 Estimated build time: &gimp-help-time;
113 </para>
114 </listitem>
115 </itemizedlist>
116
117 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Gimp Dependencies</bridgehead>
118
119 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
120 <para role="required">
121 <xref linkend="gegl"/> and
122 <xref linkend="gtk2"/>
123 </para>
124
125 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Recommended</bridgehead>
126 <para role="recommended">
127 <xref linkend="pygtk"/> (including the gtk and pango modules)
128 </para>
129
130 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
131 <para role="optional">
132 <xref linkend="aalib"/>,
133 <xref linkend="alsa-lib"/>,
134 <xref linkend="curl"/>,
135 <xref linkend="dbus-glib"/>,
136 <xref linkend="gs"/> (with libgs installed),
137 <xref linkend="gvfs"/>,
138 <xref linkend="iso-codes"/>,
139 <xref linkend="jasper"/>,
140 <xref linkend="lcms"/> or <xref linkend="lcms2"/>,
141 <xref linkend="libexif"/>,
142 <xref linkend="libgudev"/>,
143 <xref linkend="libmng"/>,
144 <xref linkend="librsvg"/>,
145 <xref linkend="poppler"/>,
146 an <xref linkend="server-mail"/> (that provides a
147 <command>sendmail</command> program),
148 <xref linkend="gtk-doc"/>,
149 <!--xref linkend="webkitgtk2"/> (required for the help-plugin) and-->
150 <ulink url="http://webkitgtk.org/releases/">WebKitGTK+-2.4.x</ulink> (required for the help-plugin), and
151 <ulink url="http://wvware.sourceforge.net/libwmf.html">libwmf</ulink>
152 </para>
153
154 <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional, for optimizing the PNG files in the
155 help system</bridgehead>
156 <para role="optional">
157 <ulink url="http://pngnq.sourceforge.net/">pngnq</ulink> and
158 <ulink url="http://pmt.sourceforge.net/pngcrush/">pngcrush</ulink>
159 </para>
160
161 <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
162 <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gimp"/>
163 </para>
164 </sect2>
165
166 <sect2 role="installation">
167 <title>Installation of Gimp</title>
168
169 <para>
170 Install <application>Gimp</application> by running
171 the following commands:
172 </para>
173
174<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
175 --sysconfdir=/etc \
176 --without-gvfs &amp;&amp;
177make</userinput></screen>
178
179 <para>
180 To test the results (requires an X-Windowed terminal) issue:
181 <command>make check</command>.
182 </para>
183
184 <para>
185 Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem>
186 user:
187 </para>
188
189<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
190
191 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
192 href="../../xincludes/update-icons-and-desktop.xml"/>
193
194 </sect2>
195
196 <sect2 role="installation">
197 <title>Installation of Gimp-Help</title>
198
199 <para>
200 The <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball contains images and English
201 text help for help files, together with translations.<!-- It is
202 &quot;work in progress&quot;.-->
203 </para>
204
205 <para>
206 If you downloaded the <filename>gimp-help</filename> tarball, unpack
207 it and change into the root of the newly created source tree. Prepare for
208 the build with the following command:
209 </para>
210
211<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; \
212./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;</userinput></screen>
213
214 <para>
215 Remove from <envar>ALL_LINGUAS</envar> the codes for any languages which
216 you do not wish to install. Alternatively, remove the line starting with
217 <envar>ALL_LINGUAS</envar>, if you wish to build all languages.
218 </para>
219
220 <para>
221 Now build the help files:
222 </para>
223
224<screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
225
226 <para>
227 Issue the following commands as the
228 <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user to install the help
229 files:
230 </para>
231
232<screen role="root"><userinput>make install &amp;&amp;
233chown -R root:root /usr/share/gimp/2.0/help</userinput></screen>
234
235 </sect2>
236
237 <sect2 role="commands" id="gimp-cmd-explanations">
238 <title>Command Explanations</title>
239
240 <para>
241 <envar>ALL_LINGUAS=&quot;ca da de el en en_GB ...&quot;</envar>: by
242 default, the help files will be rendered in all the available languages.
243 Remove the codes of any languages you do not wish to build.
244 </para>
245
246 <para>
247 <parameter>--without-gvfs</parameter>: the choice of the backend to
248 handle URI information, e.g., when dragging images from a browser into the
249 <application>Gimp</application>, is made at compile time. This parameter will
250 ensure that <application>cURL</application> is used at run-time, instead of
251 <application>Gvfs</application>. You can omit this if you are installing
252 <application>Gvfs</application> AND will be running <command>gvfsd</command>,
253 e.g., in a <application>GNOME</application> desktop.
254 </para>
255
256 <para><option>--disable-python</option>: This option is necessary if
257 you have not installed <application>PyGTK</application>.</para>
258
259 <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
260 href="../../xincludes/gtk-doc-rebuild.xml"/>
261
262 </sect2>
263
264 <sect2 role="configuration">
265 <title>Configuring The Gimp</title>
266
267 <sect3 id="gimp-config">
268 <title>Config Files</title>
269
270 <para>
271 <filename>/etc/gimp/2.0/*</filename> and
272 <filename>~/.gimp-2.8/gimprc</filename>
273 </para>
274
275 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
276 <primary sortas="e-AA.gimp-2.0/gimprc">~/.gimp-2.0/gimprc</primary>
277 </indexterm>
278
279 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-config">
280 <primary sortas="e-etc-gimp-2.0-star">/etc/gimp/2.0/*</primary>
281 </indexterm>
282
283 </sect3>
284
285 <sect3>
286 <title>Configuration Information</title>
287
288 <para>
289 The <application>Gimp</application> executes a configuration wizard
290 for each user upon their initial use of the program.
291 </para>
292
293 <para>
294 The GIMP uses either a plugin or a browser for its help system. The
295 depedency to build the plugin, WebKitGTK+-2.4.x, has been deprecated
296 and is no longer in BLFS. To set up the help system to work with the
297 default browser, use Edit -> Preferences -> Help System and select 'Web
298 Browser' for the 'Help Browser to use' setting.
299 </para>
300 </sect3>
301
302 </sect2>
303
304 <sect2 role="content">
305 <title>Contents</title>
306
307 <segmentedlist>
308 <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
309 <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
310 <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
311
312 <seglistitem>
313 <seg>
314 gimp, gimp-2.8,
315 gimp-console, gimp-console-2.8, and
316 gimptool-2.0
317 </seg>
318 <seg>
319 libgimp-2.0.so, libgimpbase-2.0.so, libgimpcolor-2.0.so,
320 libgimpconfig-2.0.so, libgimpmath-2.0.so, libgimpmodule-2.0.so,
321 libgimpthumb-2.0.so, libgimpui-2.0.so, and libgimpwidgets-2.0.so
322 </seg>
323 <seg>
324 /etc/gimp,
325 /usr/include/gimp-2.0,
326 /usr/{lib,share}/gimp,
327 /usr/share/gimp/2.0/help/{en,lang2,lang3,...},
328 /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimp{,base,color,config}, and
329 /usr/share/gtk-doc/html/libgimp{math,module,thumb,widgets}
330 </seg>
331 </seglistitem>
332 </segmentedlist>
333
334 <variablelist>
335 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
336 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
337 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
338
339 <varlistentry id="gimp-prog">
340 <term><command>gimp</command></term>
341 <listitem>
342 <para>
343 is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-2.8</command>.
344 </para>
345 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-prog">
346 <primary sortas="b-gimp">gimp</primary>
347 </indexterm>
348 </listitem>
349 </varlistentry>
350
351 <varlistentry id="gimp-2.8">
352 <term><command>gimp-2.8</command></term>
353 <listitem>
354 <para>
355 is the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It works with a variety
356 of image formats and provides a large selection of tools.
357 </para>
358 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-2.8">
359 <primary sortas="b-gimp-2.8">gimp-2.8</primary>
360 </indexterm>
361 </listitem>
362 </varlistentry>
363
364 <varlistentry id="gimp-console">
365 <term><command>gimp-console</command></term>
366 <listitem>
367 <para>
368 is a symbolic link to <command>gimp-console-2.8</command>.
369 </para>
370 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console">
371 <primary sortas="b-gimp-console">gimp-console</primary>
372 </indexterm>
373 </listitem>
374 </varlistentry>
375
376 <varlistentry id="gimp-console-2.8">
377 <term><command>gimp-console-2.8</command></term>
378 <listitem>
379 <para>
380 is a console program that behaves as if The
381 <application>Gimp</application> was called with the
382 <option>--no-interface</option> command-line option.
383 </para>
384 <indexterm zone="gimp gimp-console-2.8">
385 <primary sortas="b-gimp-console-2.8">gimp-console-2.8</primary>
386 </indexterm>
387 </listitem>
388 </varlistentry>
389
390 <varlistentry id="gimptool-2.0">
391 <term><command>gimptool-2.0</command></term>
392 <listitem>
393 <para>
394 is a tool that can build plug-ins or scripts and install them
395 if they are distributed in one source file.
396 <command>gimptool-2.0</command> can also be used by programs that
397 need to know what libraries and include-paths The
398 <application>Gimp</application> was compiled with.
399 </para>
400 <indexterm zone="gimp gimptool-2.0">
401 <primary sortas="b-gimptool-2.0">gimptool-2.0</primary>
402 </indexterm>
403 </listitem>
404 </varlistentry>
405
406 <varlistentry id="libgimp-2.0">
407 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimp-2.0.so</filename></term>
408 <listitem>
409 <para>
410 provides C bindings for The <application>Gimp</application>'s
411 Procedural Database (PDB) which offers an interface to core functions
412 and to functionality provided by plug-ins.
413 </para>
414 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimp-2.0">
415 <primary sortas="c-libgimp-2.0">libgimp-2.0.so</primary>
416 </indexterm>
417 </listitem>
418 </varlistentry>
419
420 <varlistentry id="libgimpbase-2.0">
421 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpbase-2.0.so</filename></term>
422 <listitem>
423 <para>
424 provides the C functions for basic
425 <application>Gimp</application> functionality such as determining
426 enumeration data types, gettext translation, determining The
427 <application>Gimp</application>'s version number and capabilities,
428 handling data files and accessing the environment.
429 </para>
430 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpbase-2.0">
431 <primary sortas="c-libgimpbase-2.0">libgimpbase-2.0.so</primary>
432 </indexterm>
433 </listitem>
434 </varlistentry>
435
436 <varlistentry id="libgimpcolor-2.0">
437 <term><filename
438 class="libraryfile">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</filename></term>
439 <listitem>
440 <para>
441 provides the C functions relating to RGB, HSV and CMYK colors as
442 well as converting colors between different color models and
443 performing adaptive supersampling on an area.
444 </para>
445 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpcolor-2.0">
446 <primary sortas="c-libgimpcolor-2.0">libgimpcolor-2.0.so</primary>
447 </indexterm>
448 </listitem>
449 </varlistentry>
450
451 <varlistentry id="libgimpconfig-2.0">
452 <term><filename
453 class="libraryfile">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</filename></term>
454 <listitem>
455 <para>
456 contains C functions for reading and writing config information.
457 </para>
458 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpconfig-2.0">
459 <primary sortas="c-libgimpconfig-2.0">libgimpconfig-2.0.so</primary>
460 </indexterm>
461 </listitem>
462 </varlistentry>
463
464 <varlistentry id="libgimpmath-2.0">
465 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpmath-2.0.so</filename></term>
466 <listitem>
467 <para>
468 contains C functions which provide mathematical definitions and
469 macros, manipulate 3x3 transformation matrices, set up and manipulate
470 vectors and the MD5 message-digest algorithm.
471 </para>
472 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmath-2.0">
473 <primary sortas="c-libgimpmath-2.0">libgimpmath-2.0.so</primary>
474 </indexterm>
475 </listitem>
476 </varlistentry>
477
478 <varlistentry id="libgimpmodule-2.0">
479 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</filename></term>
480 <listitem>
481 <para>
482 provides the C functions which implements module loading using
483 GModule and keeps a list of GimpModule's found in a given
484 searchpath.
485 </para>
486 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpmodule-2.0">
487 <primary sortas="c-libgimpmodule-2.0">libgimpmodule-2.0.so</primary>
488 </indexterm>
489 </listitem>
490 </varlistentry>
491
492 <varlistentry id="libgimpthumb-2.0">
493 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</filename></term>
494 <listitem>
495 <para>
496 provides the C functions for handling The
497 <application>Gimp</application>'s thumbnail objects.
498 </para>
499 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpthumb-2.0">
500 <primary sortas="c-libgimpthumb-2.0">libgimpthumb-2.0.so</primary>
501 </indexterm>
502 </listitem>
503 </varlistentry>
504
505 <varlistentry id="libgimpui-2.0">
506 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpui-2.0.so</filename></term>
507 <listitem>
508 <para>
509 contains The <application>Gimp</application>'s common user
510 interface functions.
511 </para>
512 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpui-2.0">
513 <primary sortas="c-libgimpui-2.0">libgimpui-2.0.so</primary>
514 </indexterm>
515 </listitem>
516 </varlistentry>
517
518 <varlistentry id="libgimpwidgets-2.0">
519 <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</filename></term>
520 <listitem>
521 <para>
522 contains The <application>Gimp</application>
523 and <application>GTK</application>'s widget creation and
524 manipulation functions.
525 </para>
526 <indexterm zone="gimp libgimpwidgets-2.0">
527 <primary
528 sortas="c-libgimpwidgets-2.0">libgimpwidgets-2.0.so</primary>
529 </indexterm>
530 </listitem>
531 </varlistentry>
532
533 </variablelist>
534
535 </sect2>
536
537</sect1>
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