On Thu, May 02, 2002 at 10:30:04AM -0400, Daniel D Jones wrote: > Running testing. Gimp, installed via apt-get, will not allow me to save a > GIF. I can open and edit it, but trying to save says that it is an > unrecognized type. The GIF extension doesn't show up (even grayed out) on > the list of types to save as. > > Talking to friends who use Red Hat and Mandrake, both indicate that they were > able to use Gimp for GIFs without any extra action on their part. Searching > the web, I find lots of references to patent issues, as well as references to > a plug-in which will add GIF capabilities. However, I don't find any > download links to the plug-in. > > Could someone set me straight on the using Gimp with GIFs under Debian? The GIF format is patent-encumbered (or at least the LZW compression algorithm used in it is). Hence, gif support is a separate package, relegated to the non-free section. Try the gimp1.2-nonfree (or gimp1.1-nonfree) packages HTH -- Karl E. Jørgensen karl@jorgensen.com www.karl.jorgensen.com Please read http://www.pantsfullofunix.net before reporting bugs in my code.
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