On Sat, 2021-01-23 at 21:20 +0100, Tim Tassonis via blfs-dev wrote: > > > On 1/23/21 6:43 PM, Pierre Labastie via blfs-dev wrote: > > On Sat, 2021-01-23 at 11:10 -0600, Douglas R. Reno via blfs-dev > > wrote: > > > > > > On 1/23/21 11:06 AM, Tim Tassonis via blfs-dev wrote: > > > > Hi all > > > > > > > Hi Tim, > > > > When setting up my new xfce4 based system, I stumbled across > > > > webp-pixbuf-loader. > > > > > > > > It easily adds support for webp images in gdk-pixbuf-loader, > > > > which > > > > then automatically gets picked up by thunar, tumbler and > > > > ristretto > > > > and > > > > will allow you to view and preview those images. I suppose it > > > > would > > > > be > > > > the same for gnome folks. > > > > > > > I think GPicView, Nautilus, EOG, and maybe PCManFM could use this > > > for > > > thumbnails :) > > > > > > > The repository is at > > > > > > > > https://github.com/aruiz/webp-pixbuf-loader > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Current version is. > > > > > > > > https://github.com/aruiz/webp-pixbuf-loader/archive/0.0.2.tar.gz > > > > > > > > which should be downloaded to webp-pixbuf-loader-0.0.2.tar.gz > > > > > > > > Build and install is a simple matter of: > > > > > > > > mkdir build > > > > cd build || exit > > > > meson --prefix=/opt/X11 -Dbuildtype=release .. > > > > ninja || exit > > > > cd .. > > > > cd build || exit > > > > DESTDIR=$DESTDIR ninja install || exit > > > > cd .. > > > > /opt/X11/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders --update-cache > > > > > > > > > > > > Of course, DESTDIR is my own choice, as is the /opt/X11 prefix. > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe this could be added as a suggestion to the libwebp or the > > > > gdk-pixbuf page? > > > > > > > It looks simple enough, I think we should add it to the book, > > > probably > > > placing it into Graphics Libraries. Being able to read webp > > > images is > > > very useful now. I'd say mentioning it on the gdk-pixbuf page > > > would > > > be > > > useful. Bruce and others, what do you think? > > > > > > > Both libwebp and gdk-pixbuf are dependencies for webp-pixbuf- > > loader. We > > usually mention things the other way around. But definitely, we > > should > > mention it for any package that can use it (either as a runtime dep > > or > > a build dep, we need to check). So it may be more practical to have > > it > > in the book. Reading the issues, this package seems to be usable > > qith > > pcmanfm, eog, and a lot of viewer. > > I have installed and "tested" it, it is clearly a runtime dependency, > neither libwebp or gdk-pixbuf need it or can even use it when > building them.
I may have not been clear: libwebp and gdk-pixbuf are required for building webp-pixbuf-loader (see meson.build), not the other way around... > > I can confirm that it is usable with ristretto tumbler, thunar and > pcmanfm, I have all these built and installed _before_ > webp-pixbuf-loader, and they now all display webp images just fine. > Animated webp files however are not supported for thumbnailing. > So webp-pixbuf-loader is definitely a rt dependency for all those apps. Good to know. Pierre -- http://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
