Beyond Linux® From Scratch (System V Edition) - Version r12.2-440

Chapter 41. Other X-based Programs

Gimp-20240711

Introduction to Gimp

The Gimp package contains the GNU Image Manipulation Program which is useful for photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.

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Development versions of BLFS may not build or run some packages properly if LFS or dependencies have been updated since the most recent stable versions of the books.

Package Information

Additional Downloads

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The English version of the help files is complete, but large parts of the text for many other languages are not yet translated.

Gimp Dependencies

Required

appstream-glib-0.8.3, gegl-0.4.48, gexiv2-0.14.3, glib-networking-2.80.0, GTK+-3.24.43, harfBuzz-10.0.1, libmypaint-1.6.1, librsvg-2.59.1, libtiff-4.7.0, libxml2-2.13.4 (to build the translated help files), Little CMS-2.16, mypaint-brushes-1.3.1, and Poppler-24.09.0 (including poppler-data)

Recommended

Graphviz-12.1.2, ghostscript-10.04.0 (with libgs installed), Gvfs-1.56.1 and glib-networking-2.80.0 (both runtime, to access the online help, open images from a HTTP or HTTPS URL, drag and drop images from an external application, etc.), ISO Codes-4.17.0, libgudev-238, PyGObject-3.50.0, and xdg-utils-1.2.1

Optional

AAlib-1.4rc5, alsa-lib-1.2.12, Gjs-1.82.1, libjxl-0.11.0, libmng-2.0.3, libunwind-1.6.2, libwebp-1.4.0, Lua-5.4.7, OpenJPEG-2.5.2, GTK-Doc-1.34.0, cfitsio, libbacktrace, libiff, libilbm, libheif with libde265 (both needed to read macOS heic images), libwmf, OpenEXR, and qoi

Optional, for building the help system

dblatex (for PDF docs), pngnq and pngcrush to optimize the png files, but see the note on the help download above

Editor Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gimp

Installation of Gimp

Install Gimp by running the following commands: 

mkdir gimp-build &&
cd    gimp-build &&

meson setup --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &&
ninja

To test the results (requires an X-Windowed terminal) issue: ninja test.

Now, as the root user: 

ninja install
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This package installs icon files into the /usr/share/icons/hicolor hierarchy and desktop files into the /usr/share/applications hierarchy. You can improve system performance and memory usage by updating /usr/share/icons/hicolor/index.theme and /usr/share/applications/mimeinfo.cache. To perform the update you must have GTK+-3.24.43 installed (for the icon cache) and desktop-file-utils-0.27 (for the desktop cache) and issue the following commands as the root user: 

gtk-update-icon-cache -qtf /usr/share/icons/hicolor &&
update-desktop-database -q

Installation of Gimp-Help

The gimp-help tarball contains images and English text help for help files, together with translations. If you wish to install local copies of the help files to read offline, unpack the gimp-help tarball and change into the root of the newly created source tree. 

tar -xf ../../gimp3-help-20240711.tar.xz &&
cd gimp3-help-20240711

automake --add-missing

ALL_LINGUAS="ca cs da de en en_GB es fa fr hr ko lt nl nn pt pt_BR ro sl sv uk zh_CN" \
./configure --prefix=/usr

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

Now build the help files: 

make

Issue the following commands as the root user to install the help files: 

make install &&
chown -R root:root /usr/share/gimp/3.0/help

Command Explanations

ALL_LINGUAS="ca cs da de en en_GB es fa...": 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.

Configuring The Gimp

Config Files

/etc/gimp/3.0/*

Contents

Installed Programs: gimp-2.99, gimp-console-2.99, gimptool-2.99, gimp-test-clipboard-2.99, and gimp-script-fu-interpreter-3.0
Installed Libraries: libgimp-3.0.so, libgimp-scriptfu-3.0, libgimpbase-3.0.so, libgimpcolor-3.0.so, libgimpconfig-3.0.so, libgimpmath-3.0.so, libgimpmodule-3.0.so, libgimpui-3.0.so, and libgimpwidgets-3.0.so
Installed Directories: /etc/gimp, /usr/include/gimp-3.0, /usr/lib/gimp-3.0, /usr/lib/gimp/3.0, /usr/share/gimp/3.0, and /usr/share/doc/gimp-2.99

Short Descriptions

gimp-2.99

is the Gnu Image Manipulation Program. It works with a variety of image formats and provides a large selection of tools

gimp-console-2.99

is a console program that behaves as if The Gimp was called with the --no-interface command-line option

gimptool-2.99

is a tool that can build plug-ins or scripts and install them if they are distributed in one source file. gimptool-2.99 can also be used by programs that need to know what libraries and include-paths The Gimp was compiled with

libgimp-3.0.so

provides C bindings for The Gimp's Procedural Database (PDB), which offers an interface to core functions and to functionality provided by plug-ins

libgimpbase-3.0.so

provides the C functions for basic Gimp functionality such as determining enumeration data types, gettext translation, determining The Gimp's version number and capabilities, handling data files and accessing the environment

libgimpcolor-3.0.so

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

libgimpconfig-3.0.so

contains C functions for reading and writing config information

libgimpmath-3.0.so

contains C functions which provide mathematical definitions and macros, manipulate 3x3 transformation matrices, set up and manipulate vectors and the MD5 message-digest algorithm

libgimpmodule-3.0.so

provides the C functions which implement module loading using GModule and supports keeping a list of GimpModule's found in a given searchpath

libgimpthumb-3.0.so

provides the C functions for handling The Gimp's thumbnail objects

libgimpui-3.0.so

contains The Gimp's common user interface functions

libgimpwidgets-3.0.so

contains The Gimp and GTK's widget creation and manipulation functions