

The tiff plug-in requires the tiff library. Once the lib is compiled and installed, run ldconfig as root and the jpeg plug-in should compile. If you don’t have it installed or you have a very old version, then you need to get a recent jpeg library. The jpeg plug-in requires the jpeg library. Once the lib is compiled and installed, run ldconfig as root and the print plug-in should compile. The previous versions of GIMP (up to 1.2.3) included all files as part of the GIMP distribution, but you should now download and install libgimpprint 4.2.6 separately from the Gimp-Print site: Starting with version 1.2.4, the print plug-in depends on libgimpprint, which is now distributed as a separate package. Other Packages ¶ Print plug-in does not compile ¶ So, here are a few common problems and some solutions …įor some more specific info, you may want to read the INSTALL file from the main GIMP distribution. Unfortunately, it has been rumored that it isn’t always that easy.

If all goes well, a good while later, you will have a brand spanking new GIMP to play with. configure & make and then as root make install Look in Requirements above to find out more.Ĭompile as a normal user using. GIMP makes use of the Gimp Toolkit ( GTK+) and other libraries that must be installed first.

The main site for the latest offical GIMP distribution is but you should consider using one of the mirrors listed on the download page. libart2 Grab the module libart_lgpl out of GNOME CVS or fetch the tarball from Īfter grabbing the GIMP distribution, you are ready to compile and install.

