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Build for Ubuntu
You won't usually need to build VIPS from source on Ubuntu, just install the standard packages (and you won't need to add environment lines to your .bashrc either!):
sudo apt install libvips libvips-dev
If you also need the vips and vipsthumbnail command line tools:
sudo apt install libvips-tools
If you need the Python 3.x typelib bindings and overrides (based on gobject-introspection):
# Python 3 gi library and vips typelib
sudo apt-get install python3-gi gir1.2-vips-8.0
# download and install typelib "overrides"
sudo su
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jcupitt/libvips/8.4/python/packages/gi/overrides/Vips.py \
-O /usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Vips.py
exit
Or for Python 2.7:
# Python 2 gi library and vips typelib
sudo apt-get install python-gi gir1.2-vips-8.0
# download and install typelib "overrides"
sudo su
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jcupitt/libvips/8.4/python/packages/gi/overrides/Vips.py \
-O /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/gi/overrides/Vips.py
exit
If you want to build from source yourself, perhaps to get a more recent version or for development/optimisation:
Get any packages you may have missing:
sudo apt install git build-essential automake libtool swig libxml2-dev libfftw3-dev \
libmagickwand-dev libopenexr-dev liborc-0.4-0 gobject-introspection \
libgsf-1-dev libglib2.0-dev liborc-0.4-dev gtk-doc-tools libopenslide-dev \
libmatio-dev libgif-dev libwebp-dev libjpeg-turbo8-dev libexpat1-dev
To use the new (much faster) meson builder (make sure you install meson)
meson setup build-dir --prefix=/usr/local --buildtype=release
cd build-dir
meson compile
meson test
sudo meson install
See the Vips README for more details (eg install in your home area and you don't need sudo for install)
For the Python bindings, also install these:
sudo apt install python-gi-dev libgirepository1.0-dev
now you can build vips:
git clone https://github.com/libvips/libvips.git
cd libvips
./autogen.sh
make
sudo make install
Note that sudo is NOT needed if you build into your home area with "./autogen.sh --prefix=/home/yourid/vips".
Now you need to set up your environment or the things in /usr/local or your area won't be found.
This can be added to the end of your ~/.bashrc file in your home folder:
export VIPSHOME=/usr/local
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:$VIPSHOME/lib
export PATH=$PATH:$VIPSHOME/bin
export PKG_CONFIG_PATH=$PKG_CONFIG_PATH:$VIPSHOME/lib/pkgconfig
export MANPATH=$MANPATH:$VIPSHOME/man
export PYTHONPATH=$VIPSHOME/lib/python3.6/site-packages
Run . ~/.bashrc after adding the exports
Test you have it all working by running "vips" which will say you didn't give args.
To build nip2 from a fresh install of Ubuntu you typically need:
sudo apt install libgtk2.0-dev flex bison
git clone https://github.com/jcupitt/nip2.git
cd nip2
./autogen.sh
./configure
make
sudo make install
Note that if you build libVips from source - the nip2 debian package may not work well with it (so build nip from src or use both as packages)
*tested on Ubuntu 16.04, 18.04, 20.04, 21.04 22.04beta and Pi OS Buster