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INSTALL, meson: update a bit installation docs.
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INSTALL.in

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Installation instructions for GIMP @GIMP_APP_VERSION@
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There are some basic steps to building and installing GIMP.
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be installed. All these libraries are required dependencies.
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8. For metadata access GIMP requires the gexiv2 @GEXIV2_REQUIRED_VERSION@ or newer library.
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It is hosted at: https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gexiv2
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It is hosted at: https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gexiv2/
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9. libpng, libjpeg, libtiff, librsvg and lcms are hard dependencies
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that can not be disabled. poppler is also a hard dependency because
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For HTTP support (and many other schemes), on Linux at least, you
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should install `gvfs`:
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https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/gvfs
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https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gvfs/
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It is unclear whether `gvfs` can be built and installed on other
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-Dgimpdir=DIR. This option changes the default directory GIMP uses to
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search for its configuration files from ~/.config/GIMP/@GIMP_APP_VERSION@ (the
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directory .config/GIMP/@GIMP_APP_VERSION@ in the user's home directory) to
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~/.config/DIR/@GIMP_APP_VERSION@.
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search for its configuration files from $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/GIMP/@GIMP_APP_VERSION@/
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(per XDG Base Directory Specification, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME defaults to
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the directory .config/ in the user's home directory) to
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$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/DIR/@GIMP_APP_VERSION@/.
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If DIR is an absolute path, the directory will be changed to DIR.
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-Dshmem-type=[none|sysv|posix|win32|auto]. This option allows you to

meson_options.txt

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choices: [ 'yes', 'no', 'platform-default' ])
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option('bug-report-url', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'URL used by the debug dialog to report bugs')
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option('gimpdir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Change default gimpdir from ~/.config/GIMP/2.9 to ~/.config/DIR/2.9 (if relative), or to DIR (if absolute)')
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option('gimpdir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Change default gimpdir from ~/.config/GIMP/3.0 to ~/.config/DIR/3.0 (if relative), or to DIR (if absolute)')
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option('icc-directory', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Path to default color profiles for this system')
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option('directx-sdk-dir', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Prefix where the DirectX SDK is installed(optional)')
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option('with-sendmail', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'Use Sendmail instead of Xdg-email')

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