[Nottingham] Where does the Gimp live?

[David Aldred]

In message <40D1E4B3.8070109 at ml1.co.uk>, Martin <martin at ml1.co.uk> 
writes:
>David Aldred wrote:
>>  I've installed The GIMP v2 on my Mandrake system, and now I'm trying 
>>to  install the help files.
>>  The installation routine for the help files complains that it 
>>doesn't know  where the main GIMP-2.0 installation directory is. 
>>Problem is, nor do I!
>>  How do I find out - other than searching the entire structure for a 
>>suitable  file?
>
>As root, try:
>
>updatedb
>locate gimp
>
>or
>
>whereis gimp

Thanks - that did it!

If anyone else needs to know, it's in the /usr/ directory structure. The 
actual file the help file installation is looking for isn't there unless 
you've complied the Gimp yourself, but using the --without-gimp and 
--prefix=/usr options on the help installation configure makes it all 
work.

>
>or read the docs!

I installed the Gimp from an rpm, and there didn't seem to be anything 
in the docs which was specific about where a distribution-specific 
install might put the program.  Serves me right for not doing the whole 
compile thing, I suppose!
>
>If you're installing from a tar file, then have a look at 
>"checkinstall" to let you make an rpm install/uninstall package.
>

Just had a look at its homepage, which seem to imply there is an issue 
with checkinstall and new linux distros - I suspect Mandrake 10 is 'new' 
in this context!

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