GIMPTOOL(1)

NAME
gimptool - perform various Gimpy functions

SYNOPSIS
gimptool [--prefix[=DIR]] [--exec-prefix[=DIR]] [--version] [--help] [--quiet] [--silent] [-n] [--just-print] [--dry-run] [--recon] [--bindir] [--sbindir] [--libexecdir] [--datadir] [--sysconfdir] [--sharedstatedir] [--localstatedir] [--libdir] [--infodir] [--mandir] [--includedir] [--gimpplugindir] [--gimpdatadir] [--libs] [--libs-noui] [--cflags] [--cflags-noi] [--build plug-in.c] [--build-strip plug-in.c] [--install plug-in.c] [--install-strip plug-in.c] [--install-admin plug-in.c] [--install-bin plug-in] [--install-admin-strip plug-in.c] [--install-bin-strip plug-in] [--install-admin-bin plug-in] [--install-script script.scm] [--install-admin-script script.scm] [--uninstall-bin plug-in] [--uninstall-admin-bin plug-in] [--uninstall-script script.scm] [--uninstall-admin-script script.scm]

DESCRIPTION

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 (${exec_prefix}/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 (${exec_prefix}/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 (${exec_prefix}/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 (${prefix}/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 (${exec_prefix}/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 (${prefix}/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.

SEE ALSO
gimp(1), gimprc(5), gimp-remote(1), gtk-config(1)

AUTHORS
gimptool was written by Manish Singh (yosh@gimp.org) and based on gtk-config by Owen Taylor (owen@gtk.org). This man page was written by Ben Gertzfield (che@debian.org), and tweaked by Manish Singh (yosh@gimp.org), Adrian Likins (adrian@gimp.org) and Marc Lehmann (pcg@goof.com>).

COPYRIGHT
Copyright © 1998 Owen Taylor and Manish Singh 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.