On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 03:43:25PM -0600, Akkana Peck wrote: > Marco Ciampa via gimp-developer-list writes: > > On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 02:26:50AM +0200, Marco Ciampa via gimp-developer-list wrote: > > > On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 08:38:45PM +0300, Alexandre Prokoudine via gimp-developer-list wrote: > > > > Hello, > > > > > > > > You should be using the Meson build system now. > > > > > > Doh, I missed that! > > > It works now, thank you! > > > > I talked too quickly... now it is GIMP that does not compile (due to babl...): > > I had a lot of trouble adjusting my build scripts for babl's meson > build. So once I got it working, I ended up rewriting the GIMP wiki > build instructions to reflect what worked for me. > > https://wiki.gimp.org/wiki/Hacking:Building > > There are also some additions in the Hacking:Building/Linux page > (linked at the bottom) but it's mostly a discussion of why PREFIX > is important (I didn't write it, someone else did, but it seemed > worth keeping) and a discussion of how to run the GIMP you just built. > > Try it out -- and if it turns out that it's still incomplete, let > me know what needs to be changed (or update it yourself, if you > prefer). > > I know nothing of the Windows and Mac building pages: I don't > build on those platforms, but it would be great if someone who > does could keep them up to date. > > I should mention that my build page rewrites are from shortly after > babl switched to meson, but don't reflect any meson instructions for > gegl or gimp, so eventually Hacking:Building will need to be updated again. > > ...Akkana I re-read the wiki and found it very informative THANKS. I managed to get GIMP compiled and working in /usr/local but I'll definitely want to follow the wiki advices and have it compiled locally in my home. Now that it works I can do some experiments. Thanks again for your patience... -- Marco Ciampa I know a joke about UDP, but you might not get it. ------------------------ GNU/Linux User #78271 FSFE fellow #364 ------------------------ _______________________________________________ gimp-developer-list mailing list List address: gimp-developer-list@xxxxxxxxx List membership: https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gimp-developer-list List archives: https://mail.gnome.org/archives/gimp-developer-list
