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>I have found an add-in for gimp called GAP (animation). It is a zipped tar |
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> file. How can I add this to my gentoo install? |
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Well, if you're referring to the one from www.gimp.org, the zipped tarball |
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is a source distribution, and you would just need to process it as you would |
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a standard source tarball. |
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Forgive me if you knew this, but basically the steps are: |
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1. extract the tarball contents. |
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2. run the configure script (./configure from the directory). According to |
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the INSTALL file, it should be able to guess the correct locations to |
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install the gimp plugins, but if you need to specify something directly I'm |
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sure there's an argument for configurer to take care of it. |
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3. build the thing (make). |
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4. Switch to root and install (make install). |
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> (I'm not sure why it wasn't on portage, but, being fairly new to gentoo, I |
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> can't imagine what has to be done to a package to declare it |
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> 'portage-able'). |
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Not everything makes it into portage; it's mostly based on how widely-used a |
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package is. If this one is used little, that would explain why it is not in |
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portage. |
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Not that I've done it, but it is possible to build your own ebuild files; |
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there are specific gentoo developer tools to assist in doing this. |
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But I wouldn't go through all of that hassle; just follow the build/install |
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steps as previously listed and you should be golden. |
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