About installing Gimp

[satimis]

Hi folks,

Gentoo_amd64
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I tried to install Gimp.

# emerge -pv media-gfx/gimp

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] media-gfx/gimp-2.2.12  USE="python -aalib (-altivec) -debug -doc -gimpprint -gtkhtml -hardened -jpeg -lcms (-mmx) -mng -png -smp (-sse) -svg -tiff -wmf" 12,573 kB

Total size of downloads: 12,573 kB

# emerge -av media-gfx/gimp

These are the packages that would be merged, in order:

Calculating dependencies... done!
[ebuild  N    ] media-gfx/gimp-2.2.12  USE="python -aalib (-altivec) -debug -doc -gimpprint -gtkhtml -hardened -jpeg -lcms (-mmx) -mng -png -smp (-sse) -svg -tiff -wmf" 12,573 kB

Total size of downloads: 12,573 kB

Would you like to merge these packages? [Yes/No]

What does it mean? Whether to merge all "python -aalib (-altivec) -debug -doc -gimpprint -gtkhtml -hardened -jpeg -lcms (-mmx) -mng -png -smp (-sse) -svg -tiff -wmf". If selecting "Yes" to proceed, would it affect Gentoo Linux, the OS?

TIA

B.R.
satimis

[daark.child]

The package thats going to be installed is gimp. The rest of the options are called use flags, which are options that you can enable for a package at compile time. Take a look here for more info about use flags.

[satimis]

Hi daark.child,

Tks for your advice and URL

If I want to enable follows;

python -aalib -altivec -debug doc gimpprint gtkhtml -hardened jpeg lcms mmx -mng png smp -sse svg tiff -wmf

Whether to run;

# echo "python -aalib -altivec -debug doc gimpprint gtkhtml -hardened jpeg lcms mmx -mng png smp -sse svg tiff -wmf" >> /etc/portage/package.use

# emerge --oneshot "python -aalib -altivec -debug doc gimpprint gtkhtml -hardened jpeg lcms mmx -mng png smp -sse svg tiff -wmf"

Then ran
# emerge -av media-gfx/gimp

Remark: existing package.use
$ cat /etc/portage/package.use

X11-libs/cairo X
x11-libs/cairo x
x11-libs/cairo png

TIA

B.R.
satimis

[daark.child]

Your post is a bit confusing. Use flags are options that you either enable or diable for a specific package. The syntax in your examples is wrong, so read the articles on the link I provided so that you fully grasp the concept of use flags. If you want to enable global use flags, put them in /etc/make.conf. For specific packages, you can use /etc/portage/package.use. e.g. when I installed gimp, I did the following

#echo "media-gfx/gimp png svg tiff wmf jpeg" >> /etc/portage/package.use

and then

#emerge gimp

To see the use flags of a package without actually installing it you do something like

#emerge -pv gimp