GIMPTOOL-2.0(1) General Commands Manual GIMPTOOL-2.0(1)

gimptool-2.0 - script to perform various GIMPy functions

gimptool-2.0 [--prefix[=DIR]] [--exec-prefix[=DIR]] [--version] [--help] [--quiet] [--silent] [-n] [--just-print] [--dry-run] [--recon] [--msvc-syntax] [--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]

gimptool-2.0 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-2.0 can also be used by programs that need to know what libraries and include-paths GIMP was compiled with. gimptool-2.0 uses pkg-config for this task. For use in Makefiles, it is recommended that you use pkg-config directly instead of calling gimptool-2.0.

gimptool-2.0 accepts the following options:

Print the currently installed version of GIMP on the standard output.
Print out the help blurb, showing commonly used commandline options.
Run quietly without echoing any of the build commands.
Run silently without echoing any of the build commands. Same as --quiet.
Test mode. Print the commands but don't actually execute them. Useful for making dry runs for testing.
Test mode. Print the commands but don't actually execute them. Same as -n.
Test mode. Print the commands but don't actually execute them. Same as -n.
Test mode. Print the commands but don't actually execute them. Same as -n.
Useful on Windows. Outputs the compiler and linker flags in the syntax used by Microsoft's toolchain. Passed to the pkg-config command that does most of gimptool-2.0's work.
Outputs the bindir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the sbindir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the libexecdir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the datadir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the sysconfdir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the sharedstatedir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the localstatedir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the libdir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the infodir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the mandir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the includedir used to install the GIMP.
Outputs the actual directory where the GIMP data files were installed.
Outputs the actual directory where the GIMP plug-ins were installed.
Compile and link plug-in.c into a GIMP plug-in.
Compile,link, and strip plug-in.c into a GIMP plug-in.
Compile, link, and install plug-in.c into the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins)
Compile, link,strip, and install plug-in.c into the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins)
Compile, link, and install plug-in.c into the system-wide GIMP plug-in directory (${exec_prefix}/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins)
Install plug-in into the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins)
Install plug-in into the system-wide GIMP plug-in directory (${exec_prefix}/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins)
Install stripped plug-in into the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins)
Install stripped plug-in into the system-wide GIMP plug-in directory (${exec_prefix}/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins)
Install script.scm into the user's personal GIMP script directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/2.10/scripts)
Install script.scm into the system-wide GIMP script directory (${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/scripts)
Uninstall plug-in from the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins)
Uninstall plug-in from the system-wide GIMP plug-in directory (${exec_prefix}/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins)
Uninstall script.scm from the user's personal GIMP script directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/2.10/scripts)
Uninstall script.scm from the system-wide GIMP script directory (${datarootdir}/gimp/2.0/scripts)
Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a GIMP plug-in.
Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a GIMP plug-in, for plug-ins that do not require the GTK+ libraries.
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a GIMP plug-in.
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a GIMP plug-in for plug-ins that do not require the GTK+ libraries.
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.
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.

to get the name of the desired C compiler.
to get the preferred flags to pass to the C compiler for plug-in building.
to get the preferred flags for passing to the linker.
for passing extra libs that may be needed in the build process. For example, LIBS=-lintl .
to get the location of the pkg-config program that is used to determine details about your glib, pango, gtk+ and gimp installation.

gimp(1), gimprc(5), pkg-config(1)

gimptool was written by Manish Singh (yosh@gimp.org) and is 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>).

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