Ek kian wrote: > > i download GIMP 2.4.3 from http://gimp-win.sourceforge.net/ > I checked the MD5, and it is exactly the same tarball that we distribute. > i've been able to compile it under Windows and i copy that folder to > Linux to compile it under Linux, but it failed. Aha, here is the problem. The point of the ./configure script is to gather information about the host system and then generate Makefiles and other files based on that information. If you ./configure on a Windows mashine, then copy that folder to a Linux machine, things will break, because the information ./configure gathered on Windows will be invalid on Linux. You should always run ./configure on the host machine. We don't need the output of ./configure anymore, but when you want the output of a program in Linux, you simply redirect stdout to a file, like this: ./configure > configure-output.txt There are thousands more things to say about this, but let's leave that up to google ;) The same GIMP source is used to compile on the world's all platforms. If you want to learn more about the build system GIMP and many many other programs use, a good start would be reading the autoconf [1] and automake [2] manuals. [1] http://www.gnu.org/software/autoconf/manual/ [2] http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/ Best regards, Martin Nordholts _______________________________________________ Gimp-developer mailing list Gimp-developer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.XCF.Berkeley.EDU/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer
