GIMP Tool

gimptool is a support script for GIMP which allows you to build and install scripts and plug-ins, and can provide information to other programs about the libraries and paths that GIMP was compiled with. The format is: gimptool [options ... ]

GIMP Tool Options

--help

Displays a list of available options, and gives a terse description of each one.

--version

Prints the version number of the installed GIMP.

--quiet

Runs without printing any of the build commands.

-n, --dry-run

Print commands, but don't actually execute them. Useful for making dry-runs for testing.

--bindir

Prints the bindir used to install GIMP.

--sbindir

Prints the sbindir used to install GIMP.

--libexecdir

Prints the libexecdir used to install GIMP.

--datadir

Prints the datadir used to install GIMP.

--sysconfdir

Prints the sysconfdir used to install GIMP.

--sharedstatedir

Prints the sharedstatedir used to install GIMP.

--localstatedir

Prints the localstatedir used to install GIMP.

--libdir

Prints the libdir used to install GIMP.

--infodir

Prints the infodir used to install GIMP.

--mandir

Prints the mandir used to install GIMP man (manual) pages.

--includedir

Prints the includedir used to install GIMP.

--gimpdatadir

Prints the actual directory where GIMP data files, such as patterns and brushes, were installed.

--plugindir

Prints the actual directory where GIMP plug-ins were installed.

--build <plug-in.c>

Compile and link plug-in.c into a GIMP plug-in.

--build-strip <plug-in.c>

Compile, link and strip plug-in.c into a GIMP plug-in.

--install <plug-in.c>

Compile, link and install plug-in.c into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/.

--install-strip <plug-in.c>

Compile, link, strip and install plug-in.c into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.

--install-admin <plug-in.c>

Compile, link, and install plug-in.c into the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.

--install-bin <plug-in>

Install a plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.

--install-admin-bin <plug-in>

Install a plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.

--install-bin-strip <plug-in>

Install a striped plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.

--install-admin-bin-strip <plug-in>

Install a striped plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.

--install-script <script.scm>

Install script.scm, into the users personal scripts directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/scripts.

--install-admin-script <script.scm>

Install script.scm, into the system-wide scripts directory - $PREFIX/share/gimp/scripts.

--uninstall-bin <plug-in>

Uninstall a plug-in from a users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.

--uninstall-admin-bin <plug-in>

Uninstall a plug-in from the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.

--uninstall-script <script.scm>

Uninstall a script from a users personal scripts directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/scripts.

--uninstall-admin-script <script.scm>

Uninstall a script from the system-wide scripts directory - $PREFIX/share/gimp/scripts.

--libs

Print the linker flags that are nessecery to link a GIMP plug-in.

--libs-noui

Print the linker flags that are nessecery to link a GIMP plug-in which doesn't require the GTK+ libraries.

--cflags

Print the compiler flags that are nessecery to link a GIMP plug-in.

--cflags-noui

Print the compiler flags that are nessecery to link a GIMP plug-in which doesn't require the GTK+ libraries.

--prefix=PREFIX

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.

--exec-prefix=PREFIX

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.