[Gimp-user] Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?
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 news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] : 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 ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
Re: [Gimp-user] Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?
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 -- On Tuesday 18 May 2004 08:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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
[Gimp-user] Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?
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 ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
[Gimp-user] Re: Re: GIMP 2.0 for Mandrake 10?
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--- ___ Gimp-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.xcf.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/gimp-user
