Re: [Gimp-developer] gimp-developer-list Digest, Vol 52, Issue 20

[John <jgschaefer gmail com>]

Thanks Michael, that's got to be it.

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>     1.  gimp 2.9 build on linux, now jpeg, tiff,        etc are unknown
>        file types (John)
>     2. Re:  gimp 2.9 build on linux, now jpeg, tiff, etc are unknown
>        file types (Michael Schumacher)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 18:57:30 +0800
> From: John <jgschaefer gmail com>
> To: gimp-developer-list gnome org
> Subject: [Gimp-developer] gimp 2.9 build on linux, now jpeg, tiff,      etc
>         are unknown file types
> Message-ID: <569CC51A 20007 gmail com>
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> I've been using gimp 2.9.2 and 2.9.3, building from a git clone without
> issues, using a subdirectory of my home for the install location.
>
> I've now moved the install location to /usr/local, and the autogen, make
> and make install steps complete without errors.   Note:  I now use sudo
> make install in order to add files to /usr/local, before I simply
> invoked make install to send files to my home/gimp subdirectory.
>
> However the new build of gimp does not recognize common image types such
> as jpeg, tiff, etc.  During the autogen step, I get output:
> /
> /
>
>      /checking for TIFFReadScanline in -ltiff... yes/
>      /checking tiffio.h usability... yes/
>      /checking tiffio.h presence... yes/
>      /checking for tiffio.h... yes/
>      /checking for jpeg_destroy_decompress in -ljpeg... yes/
>      /checking for jpeglib.h... yes/
>      /checking for jpeg_save_markers in -ljpeg... yes
>
>      ...
>
>      config.status: creating plug-ins/file-jpeg/Makefile
>      config.status: creating plug-ins/file-psd/Makefile
>      config.status: creating plug-ins/file-sgi/Makefile
>      config.status: creating plug-ins/file-tiff/Makefile
>
>      /
>
> which looks hopeful, but at the end there's no mention of jpg or tiff
> file support (just JPEG2000),
>
>      /Building GIMP with prefix=/usr/local, datarootdir=${prefix}/share//
>      //Desktop files install into ${datarootdir}//
>      //
>      //Extra Binaries://
>      //  gimp-console:        yes//
>      //
>      //Optional Features://
>      //  Language selection:  yes//
>      //
>      //Optional Plug-Ins://
>      //  Ascii Art:           no (AA library not found)//
>      //  Ghostscript:         no (Ghostscript library not found)//
>      //  Help Browser:        no (WebKit not found)//
>      //  JPEG 2000:           yes//
>      //  MNG:                 yes//
>      //  OpenEXR:             yes//
>      //  PDF (import):        Using PostScript plug-in (libpoppler-glib
>      not found)//
>      //  PDF (export):        yes//
>      //  Print:               yes//
>      //  Python 2:            yes//
>      //  Script-Fu:           yes//
>      //  SVG:                 yes//
>      //  TWAIN (MacOS X):     no//
>      //  TWAIN (Win32):       no//
>      //  Webpage:             no (WebKit not found)//
>      //  WMF:                 no (libwmf not found)//
>      //  X11 Mouse Cursor:    yes//
>      //  XPM:                 yes/
>
> Shared libraries for tiff and jpeg exist on my system (as I said, gimp
> 2.9 worked when the install target was my home directory).
>
>      /ldconfig -p | grep tiff/
>      /    libtiffxx.so.5 (libc6,x86-64) =>
>      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiffxx.so.5/
>      /    libtiffxx.so (libc6,x86-64) =>
>      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiffxx.so/
>      /    libtiff.so.5 (libc6,x86-64) =>
>      /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5/
>      /    libtiff.so.5 (libc6) => /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libtiff.so.5/
>      /    libtiff.so (libc6,x86-64) => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtiff.so/
>
>
> There must be a simple explanation, I just can't think of it!
>
>
>
>
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2016 12:05:01 +0100
> From: Michael Schumacher <schumaml gmx de>
> To: gimp-developer-list gnome org
> Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] gimp 2.9 build on linux, now jpeg, tiff,
>         etc are unknown file types
> Message-ID: <569CC6DD 3080106 gmx de>
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> Am 18.01.2016 um 11:57 schrieb John:
>
> > There must be a simple explanation, I just can't think of it!
> Check where you are pointing GIMP to find its plug-ins. This is in the
> preferences.