Provided by: libgimp-3.0-bin_3.0.4-6.1_amd64 
NAME
gimptool - script to perform various GIMPy functions
SYNOPSIS
gimptool [--prefix[=DIR]] [--exec-prefix[=DIR]] [--version] [--help] [--quiet] [--silent] [-n] [--just-
print] [--dry-run] [--recon] [--msvc-syntax] [--bindir] [--sbindir] [--libexecdir] [--datadir]
[--sysconfdir] [--sharedstatedir] [--localstatedir] [--libdir] [--infodir] [--mandir] [--includedir]
[--gimpplugindir] [--gimpdatadir] [--libs] [--libs-noui] [--cflags] [--cflags-noi] [--build plug-in.c]
[--build-strip plug-in.c] [--install plug-in.c] [--install-strip plug-in.c] [--install-admin plug-in.c]
[--install-bin plug-in] [--install-admin-strip plug-in.c] [--install-bin-strip plug-in]
[--install-admin-bin plug-in] [--install-script script.scm] [--install-admin-script script.scm]
[--uninstall-bin plug-in] [--uninstall-admin-bin plug-in] [--uninstall-script script.scm]
[--uninstall-admin-script script.scm]
DESCRIPTION
gimptool is a tool that can, among other things, build plug-ins or scripts and install them if they are
distributed in one source file.
gimptool can also be used by programs that need to know what libraries and include-paths GIMP was
compiled with. gimptool uses pkg-config for this task. For use in Makefiles, it is recommended that you
use pkg-config directly instead of calling gimptool.
OPTIONS
gimptool accepts the following options:
--version
Print the currently installed version of GIMP on the standard output.
--help Print out the help blurb, showing commonly used commandline options.
--quiet Run quietly without echoing any of the build commands.
--silent
Run silently without echoing any of the build commands. Same as --quiet.
-n Test mode. Print the commands but don't actually execute them. Useful for making dry runs for
testing.
--just-print
Test mode. Print the commands but don't actually execute them. Same as -n.
--dry-run
Test mode. Print the commands but don't actually execute them. Same as -n.
--recon Test mode. Print the commands but don't actually execute them. Same as -n.
--msvc-syntax
Useful on Windows. Outputs the compiler and linker flags in the syntax used by Microsoft's
toolchain. Passed to the pkg-config command that does most of gimptool's work.
--bindir
Outputs the bindir used to install the GIMP.
--sbindir
Outputs the sbindir used to install the GIMP.
--libexecdir
Outputs the libexecdir used to install the GIMP.
--datadir
Outputs the datadir used to install the GIMP.
--sysconfdir
Outputs the sysconfdir used to install the GIMP.
--sharedstatedir
Outputs the sharedstatedir used to install the GIMP.
--localstatedir
Outputs the localstatedir used to install the GIMP.
--libdir
Outputs the libdir used to install the GIMP.
--infodir
Outputs the infodir used to install the GIMP.
--mandir
Outputs the mandir used to install the GIMP.
--includedir
Outputs the includedir used to install the GIMP.
--gimpdatadir
Outputs the actual directory where the GIMP data files were installed.
--gimpplugindir
Outputs the actual directory where the 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 user's personal GIMP plug-in directory
($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/3.0/plug-ins)
--install-strip plug-in.c
Compile, link,strip, and install plug-in.c into the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory
($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/3.0/plug-ins)
--install-admin plug-in.c
Compile, link, and install plug-in.c into the system-wide GIMP plug-in directory
(/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/gimp/3.0/plug-ins)
--install-bin plug-in
Install plug-in into the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/3.0/plug-
ins)
--install-admin-bin plug-in
Install plug-in into the system-wide GIMP plug-in directory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/gimp/3.0/plug-ins)
--install-bin-strip plug-in
Install stripped plug-in into the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory
($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/3.0/plug-ins)
--install-admin-bin-strip plug-in
Install stripped plug-in into the system-wide GIMP plug-in directory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/gimp/3.0/plug-ins)
--install-script script.scm
Install script.scm into the user's personal GIMP script directory
($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/3.0/scripts)
--install-admin-script script.scm
Install script.scm into the system-wide GIMP script directory (/usr/share/gimp/3.0/scripts)
--uninstall-bin plug-in
Uninstall plug-in from the user's personal GIMP plug-in directory
($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/3.0/plug-ins)
--uninstall-admin-bin plug-in
Uninstall plug-in from the system-wide GIMP plug-in directory (/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-
gnu/gimp/3.0/plug-ins)
--uninstall-script script.scm
Uninstall script.scm from the user's personal GIMP script directory
($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/3.0/scripts)
--uninstall-admin-script script.scm
Uninstall script.scm from the system-wide GIMP script directory (/usr/share/gimp/3.0/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, for plug-ins that do not
require the GTK libraries.
--cflags
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a GIMP plug-in.
--clags-noui
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to compile a GIMP plug-in for plug-ins that do not
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.
ENVIRONMENT
CC to get the name of the desired C compiler.
CFLAGS to get the preferred flags to pass to the C compiler for plug-in building.
LDFLAGS to get the preferred flags for passing to the linker.
LIBS for passing extra libs that may be needed in the build process. For example, LIBS=-lintl .
PKG_CONFIG
to get the location of the pkg-config program that is used to determine details about your glib,
pango, gtk and gimp installation.
SEE ALSO
gimp(1), gimprc(5), pkg-config(1)
AUTHORS
gimptool was written by Manish Singh (yosh@gimp.org) and is based on gtk-config by Owen Taylor
(owen@gtk.org).
This man page was written by Ben Gertzfield (che@debian.org), and tweaked by Manish Singh
(yosh@gimp.org), Adrian Likins (adrian@gimp.org) and Marc Lehmann (pcg@goof.com>).
GIMP Manual Pages Version 3.0.4 GIMPTOOL(1)