.TH GIMP "11 May 1998" Version 1.0
.SH NAME
gimptool - script to perform various Gimpy functions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B gimptool
[\-\-prefix\fI[=DIR]\fP] [\-\-exec\-prefix\fI[=DIR]\fP] [\-\-version] [\-\-libs] [\-\-cflags]
[\-\-build \fIplug\-in.c\fP] [\-\-install \fIplug\-in.c\fP] [\-\-install-admin \fIplug-in.c\fP]
[\-\-install\-bin \fIplug\-in\fP] [\-\-\install\-admin\-bin \fIplug\-in\fP]
[\-\-install\-script \fIscript.scm\fP] [\-\-\install\-admin\-script \fIscript.scm\fP]


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fIgimptool\fP is a tool that can, among other things, build plug-ins
or scripts and install them if they are distributed in one source file.
.PP
\fIgimptool\fP can also be used by programs that need to know what libraries
and include-paths \fIGimp\fP was compiled with. This is especially useful
in Makefiles.

.SH OPTIONS
.l
\fIgimptool\fP accepts the following options:
.TP 8
.B  \-\-version
Print the currently installed version of \fIGimp\fP on the standard output.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-build \fIplug-in.c\fP
Compile and link \fIplug-in.c\fP into a \fIGimp\fP plug-in.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-install \fIplug-in.c\fP
Compile, link, and install \fIplug-in.c\fP into the user's personal \fIGimp\fP
plug-in directory (\fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/plug-ins)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-install\-admin \fIplug-in.c\fP
Compile, link, and install \fIplug-in.c\fP into the system-wide \fIGimp\fP
plug-in directory (\fB$PREFIX\fP/lib/gimp/1.0/plug-ins)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-install\-bin \fIplug-in\fP
Install \fIplug-in\fP into the user's personal \fIGimp\fP
plug-in directory (\fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/plug-ins)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-install\-admin\-bin \fIplug-in\fP
Install \fIplug-in\fP into the system-wide \fIGimp\fP
plug-in directory (\fB$PREFIX\fP/lib/gimp/1.0/plug-ins)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-install\-script \fIscript.scm\fP
Install \fIscript.scm\fP into the user's personal \fIGimp\fP
script directory (\fB$HOME\fP/.gimp/scripts)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-install\-admin\-script \fIscript.scm\fP
Install \fIscript.scm\fP into the system-wide \fIGimp\fP
script directory (\fB$PREFIX\fP/share/gimp/scripts)
.TP 8
.B  \-\-libs
Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a \fIGimp\fP plug-in.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-cflags
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a \fIGimp\fP plug-in.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-prefix=PREFIX
If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that \fIGimp\fP
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.
.TP 8
.B  \-\-exec\-prefix=PREFIX
If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation exec prefix that
\fIGimp\fP was built with when computing the output for the \-\-cflags
and \-\-libs options. This option must be specified before any
\-\-libs or \-\-cflags options.

.SH ENVIRONMENT
.PP
.TP 8
.B GTK_CONFIG
to get the location of the gtk-config program.
.TP 8
.B CC
to get the name of the desired C compiler.
.TP 8
.B CFLAGS
to get the preferred flags to pass to the C compiler for plug-in building.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gimp (1),
.BR gtk-config (1)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co  1995 Spencer Kimball and Peter Mattis

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