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
Displays a list of available options, and gives a terse description of each one.
Prints the version number of the installed GIMP.
Runs without printing any of the build commands.
Print commands, but don't actually execute them. Useful for making dry-runs for testing.
Prints the bindir used to install GIMP.
Prints the sbindir used to install GIMP.
Prints the libexecdir used to install GIMP.
Prints the datadir used to install GIMP.
Prints the sysconfdir used to install GIMP.
Prints the sharedstatedir used to install GIMP.
Prints the localstatedir used to install GIMP.
Prints the libdir used to install GIMP.
Prints the infodir used to install GIMP.
Prints the mandir used to install GIMP man (manual) pages.
Prints the includedir used to install GIMP.
Prints the actual directory where GIMP data files, such as patterns and brushes, were installed.
Prints the actual directory where GIMP plug-ins were installed.
Compile and link plug-in.c into a GIMP plug-in.
Compile, link and strip plug-in.c into a GIMP plug-in.
Compile, link and install plug-in.c into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/.
Compile, link, strip and install plug-in.c into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.
Compile, link, and install plug-in.c into the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.
Install a plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.
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 a striped plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.
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.scm, into the users personal scripts directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/scripts.
Install script.scm, into the system-wide scripts directory - $PREFIX/share/gimp/scripts.
Uninstall a plug-in from a users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.
Uninstall a plug-in from the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.
Uninstall a script from a users personal scripts directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/scripts.
Uninstall a script from the system-wide scripts directory - $PREFIX/share/gimp/scripts.
Print the linker flags that are nessecery to link a GIMP plug-in.
Print the linker flags that are nessecery to link a GIMP plug-in which doesn't require the GTK+ libraries.
Print the compiler flags that are nessecery to link a GIMP plug-in.
Print the compiler flags that are nessecery to link a GIMP plug-in which doesn't require the GTK+ libraries.
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.
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.