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@ -45,14 +45,21 @@ Rails](http://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/active_storage_overview.html),
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The official libvips GUI is [nip2](https://github.com/libvips/nip2),
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a strange combination of a spreadsheet and an photo editor.
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There are packages for most unix-like operating systems and binaries for
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Windows and OS X.
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# Install
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There are packages for most Unix-like operating systems, include macOS. Try
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your package manager.
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There are binaries for Windows in
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[releases](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases).
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The [libvips website](https://libvips.github.io/libvips) has [detailed
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install notes](https://libvips.github.io/libvips/install.html).
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# Building libvips from a source tarball
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We keep pre-baked tarballs of releases on the vips website:
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https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases
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We keep pre-baked tarballs in
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[releases](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/releases).
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Untar, then in the libvips directory you should just be able to do:
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@ -73,10 +80,6 @@ Once `configure` is looking OK, compile and install with the usual:
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By default this will install files to `/usr/local`.
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We have detailed guides on the wiki for [building on
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Windows](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/wiki/Build-for-Windows) and
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[building on OS X](https://github.com/libvips/libvips/wiki/Build-for-macOS).
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# Testing
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Do a basic test of your build with:
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@ -91,16 +94,13 @@ Run a specific test with:
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$ pytest test/test-suite/test_foreign.py -k test_tiff
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You will need to install a variety of Python packages for this, including
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pyvips, the libvips Python binding.
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# Building libvips from git
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Checkout the latest sources with:
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Clone the latest sources with:
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$ git clone git://github.com/libvips/libvips.git
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Building from git needs more packages, you'll need at least `gtk-doc`
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Building from git needs more packages -- you'll need at least `gtk-doc`
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and `gobject-introspection`, see the dependencies section below. For example:
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$ brew install gtk-doc
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