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Mmmm · Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Posts: 22

nope... no gimp-2.0.pc file and no gimp 2.0 directory either.. I have /usr/share/gimp/2.0 and /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/
The libs in /usr/lib seem to be there..

Bit of a mess then is it?

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

No, you just need to download the missing development files. You could download the gimp source package, with same version number, and copy across include files, or it might be simpler to dload & use:

http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/pet-packages-lucid/Gimp-Full-2.6.10-Lucid.sfs

Mmmm · Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Posts: 22

That sfs file you mention appears to be the same as the one I am already using...!! Does that sound possible to you?

Going the source route, how do I get the development files that I need? do I have to configure and make first or are they just sitting there already waiting to be moved? How do I know which ones I need?

Sorry for all the questions but I'd really love to be able to do this sort of stuff...

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

Oh, I thought the Full, in Gimp-Full-2.6.10-Lucid.sfs, usually meant it has all the development stuff. Anyway you could use this instead:

http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gimp/libgimp2.0-dev_2.6.10-1_i386.deb

Mmmm · Joined: 15 Jun 2010 Posts: 22

Aha... that did the trick...
So, I can install deb files too?!!

thanks muggins, you've been really helpful..
Much appreciated

muggins · Joined: 20 Jan 2006 Posts: 6660 Location: lisbon

Good to hear. Generally you'll find most debian compiled apps will work with puppy, just that sometimes you might need to do a bit of a search for missing libraries and, rarely, the incompatibilities are too much. But in this case it wasn't a compiled app, just a source file.

Geoffrey · Posted: Wed 29 Jun 2011, 00:24 Post subject: