Re: [Gimp-user] Opening uncompressed NASA image files in GIMP

[Rick Kline <rick kline ms>]

Tried chmod 777 ../pds-2.4.116
Mod didn’t change. I appear to be the owner.

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> On Dec 4, 2020, at 10:31 PM, Rick Kline <rick kline ms> wrote:
>
> Hey Kein,
>
> I cd’d to the /Users/rickkline/Downloads/pds-2.4.116 directory created by double clicking on 
> pds-2.4.116.tar.gz in Downloads. Read INSTALL in the pds-2.4.116 directory and based on that issued the 
> terminal command ./configure. Got an error message:
>
> configure: error: in `/Users/rickkline/Downloads/pds-2.4.116':
> configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
>
> Do I need to chmod to something other than what access is currently set to?
>
> ls -l results in -rw-r--r--@ 1 rickkline  staff  179736 Dec  2 23:12 ../pds-2.4.116.tar.gz
>
> I imagine there should be an x in there somewhere.
>
> Thanks.
> Rick
>
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>
> > On Dec 3, 2020, at 8:21 PM, Kevin Cozens <kevin ve3syb ca> wrote:
> >
> > On 2020-12-03 7:22 p.m., Rick Kline wrote:
> > > The image is a closeup of a scorched portion of the Mars Rover Opportunity’s heat shield that was burned 
> > > during its trip through the Martian atmosphere.
> >
> > ok, ty. That explains why I was seeing what looked like a honeycomb in part of the image.
> >
> > > Thanks for the info. I’ll try to get a working plugin now that I’ve found the plugin directory at
> > > rickkline/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins
> >
> > FYI, I downloaded the PDS plug-in source code from:
> >   http://areo.info/gimp/gimp-2.8/pds-2.4.116.tar.gz
> >
> > I tried to build it for use with the 2.99 (development) version of GIMP. There were errors in the pds.c 
> > file which lead me to believe the way that plug-ins tie in to GIMP has changed. I don't have time right 
> > now to work out what changes are required to fix the compile errors.
> >
> > > Do I need to use the cp command or can I copy it in Finder?
> >
> > That's a question for a Mac user.
> >
> > -- 
> > Cheers!
> >
> > Kevin.
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