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Re: xv package for deb?



If you need a pic -> background app grab chameleon.  simply run
chameleon <any gfx file> and voila background (-:  It also has a -t for
tile optin.

Michele Bini wrote:
> 
> On Wed, 19 Aug 1998, the lone gunman wrote:
> 
> >
> > Is there an xv package for debian?  By xv, I mean the "XView" program
> > by John Bradley.
> >
> > When migrating from Debian 1.3 to 2.0, I just backed up the important
> > stuff, and did a total reinstall.  (Too many upgrade problems posted
> > to this mailing list scared me :).  Anyway, I had xv on my Deb 1.3
> > system, and I believe I had to get the source and apply a patch to get
> > xv for my system.  Does anyone know where these files are?  I did a
> > search for "xv" in the packages list on Debian's website and nothing
> > came up.
> >
> > Any hints?
> Do you really need xv?! Have you ever tried GIMP?
> If you only need to put an image on the background you can use xpmroot
> (it only takes only xpm files, but you can convert them using GIMP or
> the netpbm package).
> 
> Ciao
> Michele
> 
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