Heinz: > Well, I am sorry Vittorio but I am not sure if you understand the > concept of the magic USE flag right.
Apparently I didn't understand that! > Let me put it this way: > 1. Look into your /etc/make.conf > 2. Check if the line starting with USE= contains the string "jpeg" I now have a richer USE line in make.conf USE="-java -gnome jpeg tiff gimpprint" > 3. Remove all occurences of "-jpeg" in that file > 4. Run an "emerge -pvV gimp" > 5. Does it now come up with "+jpeg" or "-jpeg" ??? With "+jpeg*" > 6. And please forget that "echo $USE" stuff ;-) Wrongly I had put the above USE line in a file under /etc/env.d to be executed as an environmental variable. My mistake! Thanks for shedding a light on it!! Tomorrow I'll have another compilation of the Gimp. > Vittorio schrieb: > > Perhaps I'm somewhat slow or I don't understand how to use emerge > > correctly but ... as I stated my USE : > > --------------------------------------------- > > # echo $USE > > -java -gnome kde dvd cdr alsa jpeg tiff jpeg tiff gimpprint > > --------------------------------------------- > > > > *** contains *** the jpeg (and tiff and gimpprint) flag. > > > > Therefore, in a nutshell, I don't understand where I am wrong according > > to you. > > > > Ciao > > Vittorio > > > > Alle 19:52, sabato 8 gennaio 2005, Heinz Sporn ha scritto: > >>Again: perform an > >>emerge -pvV gimp > >> > >>It should come up with something like: > >> > >> > >>These are the packages that I would merge, in order: > >> > >>Calculating dependencies ...done! > >>[ebuild R ] media-gfx/gimp-2.0.4 +aalib (-altivec) -debug -doc > >>gimpprint* +jpeg +mmx* -mng* +png +python +sse* -svg* +tiff -wmf* > >> > >> > >>Notice the "+jpeg" flag. If you have "-jpeg" then run > >> > >>USE="jpeg" emerge gimp > >> > >>exactly as stated here. > >> > >>Vittorio schrieb: > >>>I didn't succeed! > >>> > >>>I had a go with: > >>> > >>># echo $USE > >>>-java -gnome kde dvd cdr alsa jpeg tiff jpeg tiff gimpprint > >>> > >>># emerge unmerge gimp To be on the safe side!!! > >>># emerge -b gimp > >>> > >>>BUT I'm still unable to open a jpg file (of the hundreds I used to work > >>>with!!) under the Gimp (unknown file)! > >>> > >>>Please help > >>> > >>>Vittorio > >>> > >>>Alle 19:31, venerd� 7 gennaio 2005, Heinz Sporn ha scritto: > >>>>Look at the output of "emerge -pvV gimp". You'll notice that it uses > >>>> the jpeg flag. So either perform > >>>> > >>>>USE="jpeg" emerge gimp > >>>> > >>>>or add "jpeg" to your USE flags in /etc/make.conf and emerge Gimp > >>>> again. > >>>> > >>>>Vittorio schrieb: > >>>>>Dear All, > >>>>> > >>>>>I compiled gimp 2.0.4 from the latest stage1 but it doesn't support > >>>>> jpeg files requiring an extra library. > >>>>>Therefore I've just compiled the media-libs/jpeg library from stage1 > >>>>> but gimp is still unable to open jpeg files. > >>>>> > >>>>>What else should I compile? > >>>>> > >>>>>Thanks > >>>>> > >>>>>Vittorio > >>>>> > >>>>>-- > >>>>>[email protected] mailing list > >>> > >>>-- > >>>[email protected] mailing list > > > > -- > > [email protected] mailing list -- [email protected] mailing list
