In Debian there is a gimp-nonfree (and gimp1.1-nonfree) package.
You might try that, or the equvilant for your distro.
Tal
On Mon, 11 Sep 2000 02:44:52 -0700 (PDT), Amy said:
: Thank you, Alan. I'm well aware of the gif image spec. I don't think
: that's the problem but I appreciate the response.
:
: On Mon, 11 Sep 2000, Alan Buxey wrote:
:
: > hi,
: >
: > > I know I saw a thread on this earlier today but I seem to have deleted
: > > it...
: > >
: > > My intern has a helix-code load of gimp 1.1.24. He tries to save gifs and
: > > gets "unknown file type" errors. I'm not sure if he's missing a library
: > > or if gimp no longer supports gifs due to the Unysis patent issues. If
: > > someone could enlighten me, we'd both be happy!
: >
: > you must change the imag format to 'indexed' before you can save as GIF
: >
: > alan
: >
: >
:
: --Ames
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