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# libvips : an image processing library
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libvips is an image processing library. It's good for large images and for
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colour. There's a GUI as well, see the VIPS website:
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colour. There's a GUI as well, see the [VIPS website](http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk).
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http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk
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There are packages for most unix-like operating systems, and binaries for
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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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# Building libvips from source
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$ make
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$ sudo make install
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By default this will install files to /usr/local.
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By default this will install files to `/usr/local`.
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See the Dependencies section below for a list of the things that
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libvips needs in order to be able to build.
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Checkout the latest sources with:
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git clone git://github.com/jcupitt/libvips.git
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$ git clone git://github.com/jcupitt/libvips.git
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Then for a debug build:
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$ make
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$ make install
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# Dependencies
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libvips has to have gettext, glib-2.x and libxml-2.0. The build system needs
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# Optional dependencies
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If suitable versions are found, libvips will add support for the following
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libraries automatically. See "./configure --help" for a set of flags to
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control library detection. Packages are generally found with pkg-config,
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libraries automatically. See `./configure --help` for a set of flags to
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control library detection. Packages are generally found with `pkg-config`,
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so make sure that is working.
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libtiff and libjpeg do not usually use pkg-config so libvips looks for
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## libexif
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if available, libvips adds support for EXIF metadata in JPEG files
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If available, libvips adds support for EXIF metadata in JPEG files.
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## libtiff
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If present, im_icc_import(), _export() and _transform() are available
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for transforming images with ICC profiles. If lcms2 is available,
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it is used in preference to lcms.
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it is used in preference to lcms since it is faster.
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## Large files
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## libpng
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if present, libvips can load and save png files.
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If present, libvips can load and save png files.
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## libMagick, or optionally GraphicsMagick
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if available, libvips adds support for loading all libMagick supported
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image file types (about 80 different formats). Use
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--with-magickpackage to build against graphicsmagick instead.
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`--with-magickpackage` to build against graphicsmagick instead.
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## pangoft2
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if available, libvips adds support for text rendering. You need the
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package pangoft2 in "pkg-config --list-all"
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If available, libvips adds support for text rendering. You need the
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package pangoft2 in `pkg-config --list-all`.
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## orc-0.4
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if available, vips will accelerate some operations with this run-time
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compiler
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If available, vips will accelerate some operations with this run-time
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compiler.
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## matio
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if available, vips can load images from Matlab save files
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If available, vips can load images from Matlab save files.
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## cfitsio
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if available, vips can load FITS images
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If available, vips can load FITS images.
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## OpenEXR
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if available, libvips will directly read (but not write, sadly)
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OpenEXR images
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If available, libvips will directly read (but not write, sadly)
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OpenEXR images.
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## OpenSlide
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if available, libvips can load OpenSlide-supported virtual slide
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files: Aperio, Hamamatsu VMS and VMU, MIRAX, and Trestle
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If available, libvips can load OpenSlide-supported virtual slide
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files: Aperio, Hamamatsu VMS and VMU, MIRAX, and Trestle.
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## swig, python, python-dev
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if available, we build the python binding too
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If available, we build the python binding too.
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# Disclaimer
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