[GIMP installation]


About GIMP
    Homepage
    FAQ
    supported image formats
    toolbox/feature set
    screenshots
    installation


Brushes
    Arrow brushes
    Cursor brushes
    Circle brushes
    Checkmark brushes


Plug-ins
    Arrow generator Plug-in


SVGpage
    SVGpage main
    SVGpage Readme
    SVGpage changelog
    SVGpage download
    Autotrace manual


Simple How-TOs
    Common Preferences
    making a line

Making Selections
      rectangles + ellipses
      hand-drawn
      fuzzy select
      select by color
      paths and trickiness
      selection options

Transparency
      when image is created
      for one color
      all but a selection
      layered opacity

Using Text
      basic text tool
      freetype plugin
      Xtns>Logos

    image rotation
    drop shadows
    controlling contrast     limit colors 1

Tips N Tricks
    more selections
    advanced color control
    colorizing techniques
    layers 1
    layers 2


Examples
    GIMP SplashScreen
    Blue Heron Moon
    WPClipart collection


  Fav Resources

    Coming


Windows install
  You need two separate packages, and probably would be wise to get a third . . . these are the GIMP itself, the GTK package, and the Help Package. They are all available from the same page:

http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/

  For Windows versions before WIn2000 download the older GTK (they mention this on the site.) Install GTK first, then the GIMP, then the help package if you chose to get it. Pretty simple.



Source install
  Download packages from:

http://www.gimp.org/source/

Below is the chart of requirements for the stable 2.2 version. Many of these are likely already on your machine, so give it a check before you start adding stuff. Also, on many distros the header files are removed, so you might try to compile and get missing files -- if such is the case you will need the "devel" package of the dependency in question.

Package Version FTP HTTP Description
pkg-config 0.15.0 - Download A system for managing library compile/link flags
GTK+ 2.4.4 Download - The GIMP toolkit
GLib 2.4.5 Download - Glib Convenience Library
Pango 1.4.0 Download - Text layout engine
ATK 1.6.1 Download - Accessibility Toolkit
FreeType2 2.1.7 - Download Font rendering
Fontconfig 2.2.2 - Download Font Configuration
libart2 2.x Download - Vector rendering


  And below are the optional packages you might want for scripting (or using downloaded scripts) for Python and Perl, also for additional file handling and GIMP-print usage.

  The Perl support also has additional dependencies and can be a bit hairy to get right. Below the chart I will list all the added packages I installed from CPAN to get Perl scripting (and GAP - the animation stuff) up and running.

Package Version FTP HTTP Description Dependency
gimp-print >= 4.2.6 - Download Gimp-print Optional (explicit disable)
aalib >= 1.4 - Download ASCII art library Optional
libexif >= 0.5.12 - Download EXIF tag support for JPEGs Optional
libjpeg >= v6b Download - JPEG support Optional (explicit disable)
libpng >= 1.2.5 Download Download PNG support Optional (explicit disable)
libtiff >= 3.5.7 Download Download TIFF support Optional (explicit disable)
libmng >= 1.0.5 - Download MNG support Optional (plugin won't be built)
libxpm >= 4.3.0 Download Download XPM support Optional
librsvg >= 2.2 Download Download Scalable Vector Graphics Optional (plugin won't be built)
libwmf >= 0.2.8 - Download Library to convert wmf files Optional (plugin won't be built)
zlib >= 1.1.4 Download Download Compression routines Optional
Python >= 2.2.0 Download Download Python support Optional
Perl >= 5.8 Download Download Perl support Optional


And below are the support files I installed to get Perl and GAP (GIMP Animation Package) up and running. I turned them into Slackware-10.2 packages. All the files prefixed by "perl" can be found on CPAN, without the perl designation. And obviously, don't go looking for these files by their complete name -- for "perl_URI-1.35-i486-2PS.tgz" you would look for "URI-1.35", or just "URI".

  Yes -- I did install from source. I have Perl-5.8.7 and Python-2.4.1, both of which were the defaults with Slackware-10.2. I write other software, so I need to stay rooted in the official install base.
gimp-gap-2.2.0-i486-1PS.tgz
gsl-1.7-i486-1PS.tgz
perl_PDL-2.4.2-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_URI-1.35-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_XML_parser-2.34-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_astro_FITS_header-2.8.1-i486-1PS.tgz
perl_bundle_libnet-1.00-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_compress_zlib-1.41-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_extutils_depends-0.205-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_extutils_pkgconfig-1.07-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_gimp-2.2pre1-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_glib-1.120-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_gtk2-1.120-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_html_parser-3.51-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_libwww-5.805-i486-2PS.tgz
perl_tk-804.027-i486-2PS.tgz


Linux install
 Packages are currently available precompiled for the following at:
http://www.gimp.org/unix/
# Linux general
    * Debian testing (deb)
    * Debian unstable (deb)
    * Fedora Core 3 (RPM)
    * SuSE 9.2 (RPM)
    * Gentoo Portage
    * Slackware
# BSD
    * FreeBSD
# Sun Solaris
    * Blastwave Software Distribution
Prerequisites are:
GTK+ >= 2.4.4  which in turn needs:
    * GLib 2.4.5
    * Pango 1.4.0
    * ATK
PangoFT2
FreeType2
libart2  (libart_lgpl)
pkg-config (a fairly recent version)

Mac OS X install
  GIMP will only run on OS X, not any older versions of the MAC. There are several "packages" to use. These are listed and linked from:
http://www.gimp.org/macintosh/

    * Gimp.app 
    * Fink
    * DarwinPorts
    * MetaPkg project (not yet usable)
    * The MacGIMP project




Tutorials created by Paul Sherman for gimphelp.org