GIMP-1.2.5

Introduction to GIMP

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

Package information

Installation of GIMP

Install GIMP by running the following commands:

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

Command explanations

--disable-print: This option is necessary when gimp-print is not installed. If you have gimp-print installed, this option would be removed.

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.