Installation of GIMP, a magic weapon for image processing in Linux

The most famous image processing tool in Linux is GIMP. GIMP is the abbreviation of GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a free and free software package suitable for performing various art processing on images. GIMP is quite powerful. It can be used as a simple drawing program, as well as a high-quality image processing software, as well as image format conversion and other functions. GIMP has good scalability. It supports advanced script interfaces with plug-in parameters for each task-whether it is the simplest task or the most complex image processing process, can be easily described using scripts. Thanks to its powerful functions, GIMP is hailed as a magic weapon for image processing in Linux and a Photoshop in Linux.

Users want to get GIMP, you can go to the GIMP website http://www.gimp.org to download, here not only has the latest GIMP version, but also GIMP development library, detailed software user manual, etc., but are all in English. The downloaded file is gimp-1.0.4.tar.bz2.

Installation Steps

1. Run the command: # cp gimp-1.0.4.tar.bz2/tmp, copy gimp-1.0.4.tar.bz2 to the/tmp directory.

2. Run the command: # bunzip2 gimp-1.0.4.tar.bz2, extract this file,/tmpdirectory will generate a file named gimp-1.0.4.tar.

3. Run the command: # tar xvf gimp-1.0.4.tar, a subdirectory named gimp-1.0.4 will be generated under the/tmp directory, and all the GIMP files will be stored in this directory.

4. Run the command: # cd gimp-1.0.4, go to the directory where the GIMP program is located, and prepare to configure and compile it. Read the Install file to learn about the installation steps and precautions.

5. run the following three commands consecutively :#. /configure, # make, # make install, which will configure and compile GIMP. If problems occur during compilation, refer to the Install file to find the cause.

6. After the installation is successful, run/usr/local/bin/gimp to start GIMP.