Re: [gtk-list] imlib begining (copiling misc libraries)

[raster redhat com]

On  8 Feb, Alexander Kotelnikov scribbled:
->  Hi,
->  As soon as imlib have not it's own mailing list (is it true?) and it is
->  used by many gtk/gdk programmers, I post this question here.
->  The problem is -- what libraries to install (compile) before imlib.
->  at http://www.labs,redhat.com/imlib/ I've got the following answer:
->  
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/giflib-3.0-2.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/libungif-3.0.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/libgr-2.0.13.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/libgr-scripts.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/libpng-1.0.1.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/zlib-1.1.2.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/tiff-v3.4-tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/gtk+-1.1.12.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/glib-1.1.3.tar.gz
->  ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/imlib/TAR/ImageMagick-4.0.5.tar.gz
->  
->  and note that I can use either libungif alone or with libgif.

you cna use iehter libgif or libungif - take your pick - libungif
cannot write compressed gifs - but it is irrelevant as imlbi doesnt use
libgif for saving (policy due to patented nature of compression in gif
format).

->  I've got all tar's and in libgr-2.0.13.tar.gz i've found
->  
->  jpeg-6a (-- older than jpegsrc.v6b.tar.gz)
->  png-0.89 (-- older than libpng-1.0.1.tar.gz)
->  zlib-1.02 (-- older than zlib-1.1.2.tar.gz)
->  tiff-3.4beta18 (-- possibly the same tiff-v3.4-tar.gz)
->  
->  and Raster wrote : 'Please do NOT have old versions of these libraries
->  floating around'

ie multiple versions - your distribution shoudl have come wiht most of
these already.

->  So -- what libraries i really need to install to make imlib 'to have
->  native access to JPEG, PNG, TIFF and GIF image formats'
->  
->  AND what is 'native' here, if these libs won't be install, what kind of
->  access will imlib have to these image formats.

native means imlib is linked to those libsa and calls routines directly
- not nativ emeans imlib asks convert or a netpbm usility t conver the
image for it and reads in simple ppm data via a pipe - less efficient,
slower, loses transparency information... but works if you have the
utilities installed and imlib can't figure out the file format.


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