>Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 22:18:58 -0700 >From: Richard McCormick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10? >Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > � �<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit >Precedence: list >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Message: 1 > >Milan Knizek wrote: > >> >> >>>>1) Set up your urpmi using http://www.urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php >>>>2) install gimp2 using rpmdrake or urpmi >>>> >>>>Regards, >>>>Helge >>> >>> >>> Hi Helge, >>> >>> I'm sorry I have no idea what I'm supposed to do here. >>> >> Hi Richard, >> >> you can either use rpmdrake (section Media manager - Add new - it is >> selfexplanatory; then go to Install and try to look the gimp2 package) >> or go to console - and do the same thing using urpmi - it is the best to >> read "man urpmi". You will need to add new media and then install. >> >> I have not checked whether gimp2 is available at the location above, >> however, this is a general way how to work with urpmi. >> >> Milan >> >> > >Thanks for the info Milan but NO I do not know how to set up RPMDrake or >work from a console to that extent, I primarilly work from WinXP Pro. � > >I did download the main GIMP 2.01 tar.gz and in the install notes it says >there are about 7 other files I need to download and install the following >files: > >1. You need to have installed a recent version of pkg-config available > � � from http://www.freedesktop.org/software/pkgconfig/. � > > �2. You need to have installed GTK+ version 2.2.2 or better. Do not > � � try to use an older GTK+ version (1.2.x), it will not work. > � � GTK+-2.2 itself needs recent versions of GLib, Pango and ATK. > � � Sources for these can be grabbed from ftp://ftp.gtk.org/. > � � GTK+-2.x and friends can be installed side by side with GTK+-1.2. > > �3. We require PangoFT2, a Pango backend that uses FreeType2. Make sure > � � you have FreeType2 and fontconfig installed before you compile Pango. > � � FreeType2 can be downloaded from http://www.freetype.org/. > � � Fontconfig from http://x2.freedesktop.org/software/fontconfig. > > �4. We use libart2. Grab the module libart_lgpl out of GNOME CVS or > � � fetch the tarball from > � � ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/gnome/sources/libart_lgpl/ > > �5. You may want to install other third party libraries or programs that > � � are needed for some of the available plugins. We recommend to check > � � that the following libraries are installed: libpng, libjpeg, > � � libtiff, gimp-print (4.2.x), gtkhtml-2, libmng, librsvg, libwmf. > >That's just nuts. �I guess I will have to wait untill someone actually takes >the time to build an RPM for Mandrake, I just don't have the sort of >patience. � > >It's bad enough that Linux doesn't have much to offer in the way of graphic >apps that can do high end professional work but to have one of the only >ones so hard to 'put together' I can't deal with that right now. � > >I'm impressed with Mandrake 10 so far but graphics are one of the main >things I do on a computer, so I guess it's back to Windows, not really >complaining, I just don't get too upset much any more. �Maybe in another 5 >or 10 years this OS will win me over but in the mean time I have work to >do, over in Windows! > >Thanks for the time you took to try to explain things to me, minimally but >that's OK. �I've wasted too many nights pulling out my hair over this >stuff. �I'm an artist not techie person. �If I can't install a workable >version of a needed piece of software without all this extra work then it's >nice to know I have choices on another plateform. > >Cheers............ > >Richard ;-) > >---Wolff On The Prowl--- >
Richard, Please don't give up. A few years ago, I was in the same boat you are now in. I wasn't a 'Linux Master' or even comfortable with using certain Linux tools, but after a while, I caught on, and have never looked back. I use Linux for artwork every day, and I also use Windows XP and Mac OS X. Because of client issues, I have to be able to handle at the very least Windows and Mac, but I have forced myself into the habit of using Linux, and I love it! GIMP is incredible on Linux (I use SuSE 9). Hang in there! Mitch Featherston _______________________________________________ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
