The source code of GIMP is maintained in the GNOME Git repository. Text layout engine, GIMP also requires PangoCairo - a Pango backend using Cairo

Stable version 2.10.x ¶ PackageĪ system for managing library compile/link flags Look at the files INSTALL and README in the tarballs for details. This list might change depending on the releases being worked on during development of GIMP. GIMP Requirements ¶Īll requirements below must be met to be able to compile GIMP from source. It is available from the GIMP FTP site and its mirrors. The GIMP source code is distributed as tarballs. As the code is constantly evolving and features are added (or removed) every day, you should have a look at the developers’ site and subscribe to the gimp-developer mailing list if you compile the code from Git. If you intend to contribute to the development of GIMP, then you should try using Git. The repository contains several versions of the code called “branches” so you can fetch the latest version (“trunk”) or a stable version from a maintenance branch. This will give you the latest version of the source code with the latest features, but also with the latest bugs (eeek!). This is for those who want to live on the bleeding edge. If you are using this version, it is a good idea to subscribe to some of the GIMP mailing lists (gimp-user or gimp-developer) so that you can follow the discussions about new features and known bugs. The development version contains more features than the stable version but it may crash from time to time so be sure to save your work often. Development releases ¶įor those who want to check the progress towards the next stable release, and who want to help the developers by testing the code and reporting bugs. Pre-compiled binaries of the stable GIMP are usually available for many platforms (see the platform-specific pages for more details), so you do not even have to compile the code yourself. The same source code can be compiled to create binaries for different platforms such as GNU/Linux, Microsoft Windows, macOS, Solaris and many others. The official distribution of GIMP is the source code, distributed in tar files from the GIMP FTP site and its mirrors.

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