gimp-1.2.3

Introduction to gimp

Download location (HTTP):       
Download location (FTP):        ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.2/v1.2.3/gimp-1.2.3.tar.bz2
Version used:                   1.2.3
Package size:                   10.6 MB
Estimated Disk space required:  226 MB
Additional Downloads:
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/fonts/freefonts-0.10.tar.gz
ftp://ftp.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v1.2/v1.2.3/gimp-data-extras-1.2.0.tar.bz2

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

gimp depends on:
GTK+-1.2.10
gimp will utilize:
libtiff-3.5.7, libpng-1.2.5, libjpeg-6b, 
aalib-1.4rc4, mpeg_lib-1.3.1, Python-2.2.2 and 
perl-modules:Gtk-Perl-0.7008, PDL-2.3.4 and Parse-RecDescent-1.80

Installation of gimp

Install gimp by running the following commands:

./configure --prefix=/usr --sysconfdir=/etc &&
make &&
make install

Configuring gimp

Config files

~/.gimp-1.2

Configuration Information

GIMP executes a configuration wizard for each users upon their initial invocation of the program.

Contents

The gimp package contains gimp, escputil, gimp-config and gimp-remote.

Description

gimp

gimp is an image manipulation program. It works with a variety of image formats and provides a large selection of tools.

escputil

escputil is a utility to perform maintenance tasks on an Epson Stylus inkjet printer.

gimp-config

gimp-config is used by other programs that want to link to gimp libraries.

gimp-remote

gimp-remote is a small utility that tells a running gimp to open a local or remote image file.