> Hi Tomas, > maybe I should elaborate on the problems I'm experiencing and then we can > compare: > I download the gimpXXX.tar.gz file > I do (as root )a gzip -d, then tar xvf gimpXXX.tar > (should I be at a special directory when I do this) > I pre-installed GTK1.2.9,GLIB, and I figure I did it right since the Gimp > configure script reports it finds them. > It does report that JPG,PNG libraries were not found, but happily goes on. > make and make install proceed without any major errors (except the on the > PERL interface). > I then get a binary gimp that I can run, and it does open the main screen, > etc. > BUT - > 1. it notifies me that the "tips" file is not found, the help files are not > there, and all the filters.other image operations are in the menu but cannot > be applied. > 2. No gimptool file is anywhere to be found.... > Seems to me like a stupid directory structure issue, but I just do not know > where to begin, not being a Unix expert. > Our Sun Solaris 8 installation is completely standard-out-of-the-box, so I > guess I am missing something quite obvious... > Do you thing you can help? > > thanks in advance. > Tsvi > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Tomas Ogren" <stric@xxxxxxxxxx> > To: "Tsvi" <tsvi@xxxxxxxxx> > Cc: <gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2001 12:39 AM > Subject: Re: [Gimp-developer] Updated binary installations for Sun Solaris > > > On 26 December, 2001 - Tsvi sent me these 1,8K bytes: > > > Hi, > > It seems to me that the compilation and installation procedure of the > > new Gimp releases (say 1.2.1 and upwards) on a Sun Solaris machine > > does not work. > > Huh? It works just fine for me? > > > The latest Binary downloadable on the gimp.org site is 1.0. Any chance > > for a more update binary install soon ? > > Hm,.. 1.0 is a bit old, yes ;) > > > Second question - where can one get gimptool for download? > > It's included in gimp when you install it... > > /Tomas > -- > Tomas Ögren, stric@xxxxxxxxxx, http://www.ing.umu.se/~stric/ > |- Student at Computing Science, University of Umeå > `- Sysadmin at {cs,ing,acc}.umu.se >
