I noticed when compiling a fresh instance of G’MIC cli in a proot-distro Ubuntu terminal that the APT manager did not have libgimp2.0-dev in it’s repos, but supposedly this is a prerequisite for compiling gmic according to the gmic.eu/download page.
I compiled with libgimp-3.0-dev instead, and everything seems fine so far. Note the extra hyphen in the name too…
Sometime in the future, probably. I compile for Ubuntu 24.04 / Mint 21 using the ubuntu Gimp 3 PPA installation. Missing was libgexiv2.dev (+dependencies)
Otherwise compiles for Gimp 3 ok.
Ok, but I’m compiling specifically for just the command line interpreter, I’m wondering if it’s essential to include the libgimp-etc for that purpose or not…
Still, all’s well that ends well!
That is good, always satisfying when something works.
Since the question was about the compile requirements on the gmic web page , as far as I know for the command line gmic you use make cli to compile and Gimp is not required.
For those who just want the Gimp plugin then it is make gimp and you do need that libgimp 2 or 3 dev package but linux sorts it out for you with links to the actual file: gimptool…dev → eventually points to the relevant version.
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