XnView v1.68.1 (Free graphic viewer and editor)
Posted: Mon 16 May 2005, 03:32
HowTo Install XnView v1.68.1 (Free graphic viewer and editor) in Puppy
Fature List
Import about 400 graphic file formats
Export about 50 graphic file formats
Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
IPTC, EXIF
Resize
Copy/Cut/Crop
Adjust brigthness, contrast...
Modify number of colors
Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, ...)
Apply effects (lens, wave, ...)
Fullscreen mode
Slide show
Picture browser
Batch convert
Thumbnail create
Screen capture
Contact Sheet create
Multi-page file create (TIFF, DCX, LDF)
And more!
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INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
1) Download XnView
XnView v1.68.1 (static) + NView/NConvert v4.16 (TAR GZ not the RPM version)
home:
http://www.xnview.com/
download page:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview ... linux.html
2) Extract files from commandline
tar -xvwf XnView-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static.tgz
cd XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static
3) Edit the install script as follows
(comment out lines 25 - 31)
# case "`id`" in
# uid=*(root)*)
# ;;
# *)
# echo "You must be root \!"
# exit
# esac
(change base dir on line 38)
BASEDIR="/root/my-applications"
4) Install
./install
5) That's it
You can run XnView from the commandline. Use ROX and drop a shortcut on the desktop. If you are really adept add your own menu item for it.
Enjoy!
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Note: These instructions are for v1.68.1 only. I think a new release is due soon. The installation script may be different and this HOWTO may need to be modified for the new release.
Fature List
Import about 400 graphic file formats
Export about 50 graphic file formats
Multipage TIFF, Animated GIF, Animated ICO support
IPTC, EXIF
Resize
Copy/Cut/Crop
Adjust brigthness, contrast...
Modify number of colors
Apply filters (blur, average, emboss, ...)
Apply effects (lens, wave, ...)
Fullscreen mode
Slide show
Picture browser
Batch convert
Thumbnail create
Screen capture
Contact Sheet create
Multi-page file create (TIFF, DCX, LDF)
And more!
-------------------------
INSTALL INSTRUCTIONS
1) Download XnView
XnView v1.68.1 (static) + NView/NConvert v4.16 (TAR GZ not the RPM version)
home:
http://www.xnview.com/
download page:
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/xnview ... linux.html
2) Extract files from commandline
tar -xvwf XnView-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static.tgz
cd XnView-1.68-x86-unknown-linux2.x-static
3) Edit the install script as follows
(comment out lines 25 - 31)
# case "`id`" in
# uid=*(root)*)
# ;;
# *)
# echo "You must be root \!"
# exit
# esac
(change base dir on line 38)
BASEDIR="/root/my-applications"
4) Install
./install
5) That's it
You can run XnView from the commandline. Use ROX and drop a shortcut on the desktop. If you are really adept add your own menu item for it.
Enjoy!
----------------
Note: These instructions are for v1.68.1 only. I think a new release is due soon. The installation script may be different and this HOWTO may need to be modified for the new release.