Downloading

Geeqie is available as a package with some distributions.

The source tar of the latest formal release may be downloaded: http://geeqie.org/geeqie-1.3.tar.xz

However Geeqie is stable, and you may download the latest version (if you have installed git) from here:

Either: git clone git://www.geeqie.org/geeqie.git

Or: git clone http://www.geeqie.org/git/geeqie.git

Installation

List compile options: ./autogen.sh --help

Common options: ./autogen.sh --disable-gtk3 ,

Compilation: ./autogen.sh [options]; make -j<no. of cpu cores>

Install: [sudo] make install

Removal: [sudo] make uninstall

Note:

The zip and gzip files at geeqie.org and GitHub contain only the sources - they cannot, by themselves, be used to install Geeqie.

It is recommended to always use git clone git://www.geeqie.org/geeqie.git to download Geeqie. After installing Geeqie you may delete the folder you have cloned Geeqie into.

However if you leave the folder intact, whenever new features or patches are available, execute:

git pull; sudo make uninstall; sudo make maintainer-clean; ./autogen.sh; make -j<no. of cpu cores>; sudo make install

Only the changed sources are downloaded, which makes this a quick operation.

Your configuration file, history file and desktop files are not affected by this process.

Notes and changes for the latest release

See the NEWS file in the installation folder, or Geeqie News at GitHub

And either the ChangeLog file or Geeqie ChangeLog

Requirements

Required libraries:

        
          GTK+ 3.00
          www.gtk.org
          enabled by default
          disable with configure option: --disable-gtk3
          or
          GTK+ 2.20
          disabled by default when GTK+3 libraries are found.
          enable with configure option: --disable-gtk3
          optional items map display and GPU acceleration are not available
          with GTK2
          
          Note: GTK+3 is still somehow experimental. It is needed for some
          features but we have several complains about the GTK+3 usability.
          
          So if you need a stable version, you are advised to compile it
          with GTK+2. If you want to play with the cool new features, use
          GTK+3.
        
      

Optional libraries:

        
          lcms2 2.0
          or
          lcms 1.14
          www.littlecms.com
          for color management support
          enabled by default
          disable with configure option: --disable-lcms
          
          exiv2 0.11
          www.exiv2.org
          for enhanced exif support
          enabled by default
          disable with configure option: --disable-exiv2
          
          lirc
          www.lirc.org
          for remote control support
          enabled by default
          disable with configure option: --disable-lirc
          
          libchamplain-gtk 0.12
          libchamplain 0.12
          libclutter 1.0
          wiki.gnome.org/Projects/libchamplain
          for map display
          enabled by default
          disable with configure option: --disable-map
          
          libclutter 1.0
          www.clutter-project.org
          for GPU acceleration (a check-box on Preferences/Image must also be ticked)
          enabled by default
          disable with configure option: --disable-gpu-accel
          explicitly disabling will also disable the map feature
          
          lua 5.1
          www.lua.org
          support for lua scripting
          enabled by default
          disable with configure option: --disable-lua

          librsvg2-common
          for displaying .svg images

          libwmf0.2-7-gtk
          for displaying .wmf images

          (see also "Additional pixbuf loaders" in the References section of the Help file)

          awk
          when running Geeqie, to use the geo-decode function
          
          markdown
          when compiling Geeqie, to create this file in html format

         libffmpegthumbnailer 2.1.0
         for thumbnailing camera video clips
         enabled by default
         disable with configure option: --disable-libffmpegthumbnailer