GIMP 3 IS UNUSABLE ON PI-500

Trying to Build the Old Version

file-tiff-load.c couldn't build. Incompatible pointer error.

It looks like I would need to rebuild a lot of things. I just want to draw, damn it.

These are my notes from my time at the shell. Do not simply copy-paste.

# DEPENDENCIES
su -
apt build-dep intltool
apt build-dep gimp
apt install libgtk2.0-dev
apt remove intltool-debian  # can reinstall it once done mangling things.
logout

# First, need intltool <= 0.40.1
wget https://download.gnome.org/sources/intltool/0.40/intltool-0.40.1.tar.gz
tar -xzf intltool*
cd "intltool-0.40.1"
configure --prefix="$HOME/.local" && make && make install

# Assume BASH.
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
tail ~/.bashrc
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

su -  # only if root account set up, otherwise all sudo.
apt build-dep gimp   # This pulls in a lot of prerequisites. Read the screen.
cd ~/Downloads
tar -xjf 'gimp-2.10.38.tar'      # or just extract through this. 
cd gimp-2.10.38

export CFLAGS="-mcpu=native"
configure --prefix=$HOME/.local \
          --disable-alsatest    \
          --disable-nls         \
          --disable-python      \  # Python2 isn't around and I don't want to build it.
           # use --help to see other options

make && make install