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# 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 stripped 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 stripped 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 necessary to link a GIMP plug-in.

[--libs-noui]

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

[--cflags]

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

[--cflags-noui]

  Print the compiler flags that are necessary 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.

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