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Current snapshot - 19-AUG-2024

Prerequisites

Ubuntu/Debian

• apt-get install libgtk-3-dev libgif-dev libjpeg-dev libtiff-dev libxpm-dev libwebp-dev libfribidi-dev libharfbuzz-dev libthai-dev libheif-dev

OpenSUSE

• zypper install gtk3-devel giflib-devel libjpeg-devel libtiff-devel libXpm-devel libXrandr-devel libXcomposite-devel libXcursor-devel libfribidi-devel libwebp-devel libharfbuzz-devel libthai-devel libheif-devel

Cygwin

• Install apt-cyg:
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/transcode-open/apt-cyg/master/apt-cyg -O /usr/bin/apt-cyg
chmod +x /usr/bin/apt-cyg
• Install prerequisites:
apt-cyg install libgtk3.0-devel libfribidi-devel libgif-devel libjpeg-devel libtiff-devel libXpm-devel libwebp-devel libheif-devel


MacOSX

• Install homebrew:
/usr/bin/ruby -e "$(curl -fssl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/homebrew/install/master/install)"
• Install XQuartz:
brew cask install xquartz
• Install prerequisites:
brew install pkg-config giflib gtk+ libpng libtiff jpeg fribidi webp heif

• Install custom support libraries:
either very minimal
brew install dk/x11/xorg-macros dk/x11/libxft

or linux-homebrew's (not tested)

brew tap linuxbrew/xorg
brew install linuxbrew/xorg/libxft

Strawberry perl

• Use gmake instead of make

• Important -- install support for fribidi from libfribidi-1.0.10-win64.zip .
• Install optional support for thai text from libthai-0.1.29-win64.zip .
• Install optional support for heif images from libheif-1.17.6-win64.zip .
• Install optional support for webp images from libwebp-1.0.2-win64.zip .

ActiveState perl

• Make sure you have your C compiler installed. It can be either Microsoft VC++, or MinGW GCC. Install the latter by running

  ppm install MinGW

  . For building Prima it is absolutely necessary to use the same compiler you have used to build perl. If you choose to use Microsoft compiler, use nmake instead of make.

  ActiveState recently phased out their ppm utility, replacing it by the state utility. It however does not react well on

  state install MinGW

  , so I have no idea how to continue -- help needed!

• GDI+ include files provided with MSVC could only be compiled in C++, not C. Grab gdiplus.zip set of include files modified for C and unpack them in Prima include catalog, so that header files are in include/gdiplus/*.h.
• Install Prima::codecs::win32 or Prima::codecs::win64 if necessary.

Build

• Download Prima.tar.gz and unpack it.

• cd to Prima directory.

• Type perl Makefile.PL

• If everything goes well, type make

• If everything goes well, you can, if you wish, type make test and make install.

• Try to run samples provided with the package. They are located in the examples subdirectory. Run them as perl examples/filename.pl. No samples should fail. If some of them fail anyway, please report this to dmitry@karasik.eu.org.

• Explore, enjoy and share!

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