gimptool is a tool that can, among other things, build plug-ins
or scripts and install them if they are distributed in one source file.
gimptool can also be used by programs that need to know what libraries
and include-paths Gimp was compiled with. This is especially useful
in Makefiles.
On Unix, gimptool is a script. On Windows, it is a program. They
should be more or less compatible. This manual page describes the Unix
script version.
OPTIONS
gimptool accepts the following options:
--version
Print the currently installed version of Gimp on the standard output.
--help
Print out the help blurb, showing commonly used commandline options.
--quiet
Run quietly without echoing any of the build commands.
--silent
Run silently without echoing any of the build commands. Same as --quiet.
-n
Test mode. Print the commands but dont actually execute them. Useful for
making dry runs for testing.
--just-print
Test mode. Print the commands but dont actually execute them. Same as -n.
--dry-run
Test mode. Print the commands but dont actually execute them. Same as -n.
--recon
Test mode. Print the commands but dont actually execute them. Same as -n.
--bindir
Outputs the bindir used to install the Gimp.
--sbindir
Outputs the sbindir used to install the Gimp.
--libexecdir
Outputs the libexecdir used to install the Gimp.
--datadir
Outputs the datadir used to install the Gimp.
--sysconfdir
Outputs the sysconfdir used to install the Gimp.
--sharedstatedir
Outputs the sharedstatedir used to install the Gimp.
--localstatedir
Outputs the localstatedir used to install the Gimp.
--libdir
Outputs the libdir used to install the Gimp.
--infodir
Outputs the infodir used to install the Gimp.
--mandir
Outputs the mandir used to install the Gimp.
--includedir
Outputs the includedir used to install the Gimp.
--gimpdatadir
Outputs the actual directory where the Gimp data files were installed.
--gimpplugindir
Outputs the actual directory where the Gimp plugins were installed.
--build plug-in.c
Compile and link plug-in.c into a Gimp plug-in.
--build-strip plug-in.c
Compile,link, and strip plug-in.c into a Gimp plug-in.
--install plug-in.c
Compile, link, and install plug-in.c into the user's personal Gimp
plug-in directory ($HOME/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins)
--install-strip plug-in.c
Compile, link,strip, and install plug-in.c into the user's personal Gimp
plug-in directory ($HOME/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins)
--install-admin plug-in.c
Compile, link, and install plug-in.c into the system-wide Gimp
plug-in directory (/usr/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins)
--install-bin plug-in
Install plug-in into the user's personal Gimp
plug-in directory ($HOME/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins)
--install-admin-bin plug-in
Install plug-in into the system-wide Gimp
plug-in directory (/usr/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins)
--install-bin-strip plug-in
Install stripped plug-in into the user's personal Gimp
plug-in directory ($HOME/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins)
--install-admin-bin-strip plug-in
Install stripped plug-in into the system-wide Gimp
plug-in directory (/usr/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins)
--install-script script.scm
Install script.scm into the user's personal Gimp
script directory ($HOME/.gimp-1.2/scripts)
--install-admin-script script.scm
Install script.scm into the system-wide Gimp
script directory (/usr/share/gimp/1.2/scripts)
--uninstall-bin plug-in
Uninstall plug-in from the user's personal Gimp
plug-in directory ($HOME/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins)
--uninstall-admin-bin plug-in
Uninstall plug-in from the system-wide Gimp
plug-in directory (/usr/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins)
--uninstall-script script.scm
Uninstall script.scm from the user's personal Gimp
script directory ($HOME/.gimp-1.2/scripts)
--uninstall-admin-script script.scm
Uninstall script.scm from the system-wide Gimp
script directory (/usr/share/gimp/1.2/scripts)
--libs
Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a Gimp plug-in.
--libs-noui
Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a Gimp plug-in, for
plugins that do not require the GTK libs.
--cflags
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a Gimp plug-in.
--clags-noui
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a Gimp plug-in
for plugins that do not require the GTK libs.
--prefix=PREFIX
If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that Gimp
was built with when computing the output for the --cflags and
--libs options. This option is also used for the exec prefix
if --exec-prefix was not specified. This option must be specified
before any --libs or --cflags options.
--exec-prefix=PREFIX
If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation exec prefix that
Gimp was built with when computing the output for the --cflags
and --libs options. This option must be specified before any
--libs or --cflags options.
ENVIRONMENT
GTK_CONFIG
to get the location of the gtk-config program.
CC
to get the name of the desired C compiler.
CFLAGS
to get the preferred flags to pass to the C compiler for plug-in building.
DESTDIR
to add a prefix to the install/uninstall path.
LDFLAGS
to get the prefered flags for passing to the linker.
LIBS
for passing extra libs that may be needed in the build process. For example,
LIBS=-lintl .
GTK_CONFIG
path to the gtk-config shell script used by gimptool and in the build
process of many gtk apps.
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its
documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
provided that the above copyright notice appear in all copies and that
both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in
supporting documentation.
