[Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?

2004-05-19 Thread Richard McCormick
Thanks to the both of you for your help and suggestions!!

Richard ;-)~

Joao S. O. Bueno [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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Hi,

I am not quite following this thread, but I am afraid you really got
stuck in
a storm in a glass of water,as we say in my country.

The fact is that the GIMP 2.0 can be installed in an -almost- out of the
box
mandrake 9.2 and, of course, 10.0

You probably just missed a step somewere or the other.
If you are willing to compile the GIMP, downlaod the GIMP source,
run install, not down what is it complaining about, and install these
packages with the URPMI  command.

All the needed packages are pre-compiled binaries included in the
Mandrake
CD-ROMs, but some are not instaleld by default. After a fresh install,
the
URPMI command is setup to automatically fetch packages AND dependencies
from
you mandrake CD's.

Just for being on the sfe side, install also the devel packages of
everything you need to install. These are also in the CDROMs.

For example, if you need Pango, check with urpmi - y pango what
packages
are avalilable taht contain pango, install pango and pango*devel
with
the urpmi command.

Alternatively, if you want just to run the GIMP and not compile it, you
may
get an RPM pre compiled in a Mandrake COOKER mirror on the web (mandrake
cooker is roughly equivalent to Debian Unstable)

The cooker mirro list is at:
http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/cookerdevel.php3

and check tehre for a gimp2  rpm.
For example, the URL
ftp://mandrake.contactel.cz/Mandrake-devel/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/gimp2_0-2.0.1-1mdk.i586.rpm
has got an rpm file that most likely will install on a fresh mandrake 10
system.

Sorry for not coming to your aid before you had so much work.

Regards,
JS
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 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

[Gimp-user] Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?

2004-05-18 Thread Richard McCormick
OK, I need some help.

Out of curiosity I downloaded ALL the needed files.  14 in all, 45Mb's
total.

I would appreciated some help in the ORDER in which to install these
files, pretty please

GTK+
libart (tar.tar)
Pango
gimp-print
GtkHTML Library (tar.tar)
libjpeg (tar.tar)
libpng
libtiff
AA-lib
libexif
libmng
libRSVG
libwmf

There was one that I could not find and I know how to scour the web
pretty good when I want to:

Font Configuration Library

So if anyone has the most up to date version of this one, a link please.

Most of these files, including gimp-2.0.1.tar.gz are all in tar.gz
format except for the 3 files with a 'tar.tar' extention and I'm not at
all sure how easy these will be to open up.

I know it's going to be REAL fun doing this little project but now I'm
commited so please lend a hand!! :-)

Richard ;-)~



Sven Neumann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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: Hi,
:
: Richard McCormick [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
:
:  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:
:
: [snip]
:
:  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.
:
: Right, that's also what INSTALL suggests. Unless you are experienced
: with building software from scratch, you shouldn't try to get GIMP's
: dependencies built from source. Actually you should even try to avoid
: building GIMP from source.
:
:  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!
:
: Well, Mandrake appears to be the only major Linux distribution that is
: not yet offering a convenient way to install GIMP 2.0. So perhaps
: instead of complaining, consider to use a different distribution.
:
:
: Sven



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[Gimp-user] Re: Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?

2004-05-18 Thread Richard McCormick
Hiya Dave,

Where do I get pre built binaries for Mandrake 10??  I wanted to check
up on the Gimp.org but it's been down for the last 3 days.  I run
Mozilla here on Windows XP and Mandrake 10 and both sides are not
letting me in.  Also tried out IE and Konquorer, same thing.  Sites down
so I can't check up on anything and no one is giving me any feed back on
the status of the site so far! :-(   Wrote Sven and asked and wrote the
WinGIMP Yahoo group and asked, nada!!! :-(

So if you know where I can obtain a prebuilt binary and if you know what
all I will have to install along with it then please link me up.

Many thanks

Richard ;-)~


Dave Neary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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:
: Hi Richard,
:
: Richard McCormick wrote:
:  Out of curiosity I downloaded ALL the needed files.  14 in all,
45Mb's
:  total.
:
: Ouch... It might have been easier to download bre-built binaries. I'm
: assuming that you're talking about having downloaded these from Tor's
: site - in which case, there's an installer linked from that page. This
: might have been an easier path to take. In any case, good luck :)
:
:  I would appreciated some help in the ORDER in which to install these
:  files, pretty please
:
: If these are prebuilt binaries, then the order doesn't matter, you
jkust
: need to install all of them. However, if you're starting from source,
: then there are a few groups
:
: Group 1: external libs, depend on nothing:
:   libjpeg (tar.tar)
:   libpng
:   libtiff
:   AA-lib
:   libexif
:   libmng
:   libRSVG
:   libwmf
:   libart (tar.tar)
:
: Group 2: Should be installed in order. This gets you all you need to
: build the GIMP.
: freetype2
: fontconfig
: glib
: atk
:  Pango
:  GTK+
:
: Group 3: Optional libraries for the GIMP (for printing and a help
browser)
:
:  gimp-print
:  GtkHTML Library (tar.tar)
: PyGTK (for python-fu)
:
: Group 4: The GIMP and some very useful plug-ins
: gimp
: gimp-gap
: gimp-freetype
: gimp-perl
: refocus
:
:  There was one that I could not find and I know how to scour the web
:  pretty good when I want to:
: 
:  Font Configuration Library
:
: Check freedesktop.org. Look for fontconfig.
:
:  Most of these files, including gimp-2.0.1.tar.gz are all in tar.gz
:  format except for the 3 files with a 'tar.tar' extention and I'm not
at
:  all sure how easy these will be to open up.
:
: Try tar, sometimes browsers helpfully uncompress .tgz files during
the
: download, and add a .tar extension at the end of the uncompressed
file.
:
:  I know it's going to be REAL fun doing this little project but now
I'm
:  commited so please lend a hand!! :-)
:
: Good luck.
:
: Cheers,
: Dave.
:
: -- 
: David Neary
: Phenix Engineering
: 110 ave Jean Jaures, 69007 Lyon



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[Gimp-user] Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?

2004-05-16 Thread Richard McCormick
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---

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[Gimp-user] Questions about Kontact and Knode....

2004-05-13 Thread Richard McCormick
Hi all,

Kontact is just great so far, KDE is really coming along wonderfully!! :-)

In Kontact I want to set up a weather thingy in the Summary area and I have
NO idea what to do to get an address to put in the set up area.  I live in
Belmont, California, USA so I would like to get weather in my own bay area
if that's possible??

This pertains to the named icons which I like to use the text under the
icons.  Is there a way to rename the icons??  My god they put suck long
names on these icons it's just too much.  Like Subscribe to Newsgroups
could easily be shortened up to Subscribe, Stop Network to simply
Stop is pretty self explainetory and on and on.  If this is possible can
you direct me to WHERE and HOW I would go about doing this?? 

Kontacts still does not import CVS address books right or Windows writes
them wrong, not sure which.  Luckily Mozilla (Windows) imports Outlook
Expresses .WAB address books and exports it to an importational .ldif. I
know that Kontact will import V cards from Outlook Express but 200
addresses, one at a time is just to much time.  So hopefully the folks that
area coding this wonderful address book will figure out a way to import
the .wab address book and save those of us that are slowly migrating from
Windows a little time.

Thank god I'm a die hard Mozilla fan on both sides of the fence, makes some
of this pretty easy!! :-)

Richard ;-)~

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[Gimp-user] GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?

2004-05-06 Thread Richard McCormick
Hi,

I run both WinXP Pro and Mandrake 10.0 was just loaded up yesterday.  I
have played with Mandrake for a couple of years now on and off but
mostly off to be honest.  So I'm not much into CVSing or compiling
especially from what I read for compiling the GIMP 2.0 from scratch ( I
need: pkg-config, GTK+ 2.2.2, GLib 2.2.0, Pango 1.2.0, ATK 1.2.0,
FreeType2, Fontconfig, libart2).  I'm not up to that, got too much going
on so I was wondering if anyone has compiled an RPM of GIMP 2.0 for
Mandrake 10.0 or are planning to and if so please post here with a
link??

Thanks so much

Richard ;-)~
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