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- ## Geeqie x.x ##
+ ## Geeqie 1.5 ##
## ##
- ## Copyright (C) 2008 - 2017 The Geeqie Team ##
+ ## Copyright (C) 2008 - 2018 The Geeqie Team ##
## Copyright (C) 1999 - 2006 John Ellis. ##
## ##
## Use at your own risk! ##
## Downloading
-Geeqie is available as a package with some distributions.
+Geeqie is available as a package with some distributions, however Geeqie is stable and you may compile the latest version from sources.
-The source tar of the latest formal release may be downloaded: <http://geeqie.org/geeqie-1.3.tar.xz>
+There are two scripts which will download and compile the sources for you.
-However Geeqie is stable, and you may download the latest version (if you have installed git) from here:
+The first script will install Geeqie to a defined location, and will run under any system. However, it is left to you to make sure dependencies are fulfilled.
+To get the script, from the command line type:<br/><br/>
+`wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pixlsus/Scripts/master/build-geeqie`
+
+The second script will run only on Debian-based system, but will fulfil all dependencies and also give you the opportunity to include additional pixbuf loaders and other useful programs.
+To get the script, from the command line type:<br/><br/>
+`wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/BestImageViewer/geeqie/master/web/geeqie-install-debian.sh`
+
+
+If you wish to compile the sources yourself 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
+## Manual Installation
List compile options: `./autogen.sh --help`
Common options:
-`./autogen.sh --disable-gtk3`,
+`./autogen.sh`,
Compilation: `./autogen.sh [options]; make -j<no. of cpu cores> `
## 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
+ enabled by default even when GTK+3 libraries are found.
+ disable with configure option: --enable-gtk3
optional items map display and GPU acceleration are not available
with GTK2
+ or
+ GTK+ 3.00
+ www.gtk.org
+ disabled by default when GTK+2 libraries are found.
+ enable with configure option: --enable-gtk3
Note: GTK+3 is still somehow experimental. It is needed for some
features but we have several complains about the GTK+3 usability.
for thumbnailing camera video clips
disable with configure option: --disable-ffmpegthumbnailer
+ libpoppler-glib-dev 0.62
+ for displaying pdf files
+ disable with configure option: --disable-pdf
+
+ ZoneDetect
+ For displaying timezone and UTC/DST time offset
+ Download file:
+ https://github.com/BertoldVdb/ZoneDetect/raw/master/database/timezone21.bin
+ and copy to the location of the Geeqie ancilliary files, which is usually:
+ /usr/local/lib/geeqie/
+
+ libimage-exiftool-perl
+ For the jpeg extraction plugin
+
+ liblcms2-utils
+ For the command-line tool jpgicc, used by the jpeg extraction plugin
+
+ ImageMagick
+ exiftran
+ gphoto2
+ ufraw
+ exiv2
+ Additional command-line tools for various operations
+
### Code hackers:
If you plan on making any major changes to the code that will be offered for