Re: GIF driver for Gimp ?

[Joseph A Nagy Jr <joseph_a_nagy_jr@charter.net>]

Rick Pasotto wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:46:35PM +0000, dave selby wrote:
>
> > I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but
> > it appears not to be supported. 
> >
> > I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb
> > file to enable it because it is supported in standard Gimp.
> >
> > Having browsed through aptitude there are a lot of files related to
> > GIF, and some legal stuff about not being able to compress images.
> >
> > Does anyone know which .deb to install to enable .GIF on Gimp,
> > preferible in compress mode as well as de-compress.
>
>
> gimp1.2-nonfree
> Description: GIF support for the GNU Image Manipulation Program This
> package includes GIF support for The GNU Image Manipulation Program.
> These files are not freely available; their use is disallowed by the
> UNISYS patent on LZW compression. Use at your own legal risk.

jan-jr-ent:~# apt-cache search gimp1.2-nonfree
jan-jr-ent:~#

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