gimptool is a support script for GIMP which allows you to build and install scripts and plug-ins, and can provide information to other programs about the libraries and paths that GIMP was compiled with. The format is:
[gimptool options ...]
GIMP Tool Options
[--help]
Displays a list of available options, and gives a terse description of each one.
[--version]
Prints the version number of the installed GIMP.
[--quiet]
Runs without printing any of the build commands.
[-n] [--dry-run]
Print commands, but don't actually execute them. Useful for making dry-runs for testing.
[--bindir]
Prints the bindir used to install GIMP.
[--sbindir]
Prints the sbindir used to install GIMP.
[--libexecdir]
Prints the libexecdir used to install GIMP.
[--datadir]
Prints the datadir used to install GIMP.
[--sysconfdir]
Prints the sysconfdir used to install GIMP.
[--sharedstatedir]
Prints the sharedstatedir used to install GIMP.
[--localstatedir]
Prints the localstatedir used to install GIMP.
[--libdir]
Prints the libdir used to install GIMP.
[--infodir]
Prints the infodir used to install GIMP.
[--mandir]
Prints the mandir used to install GIMP man (manual) pages.
[--includedir]
Prints the includedir used to install GIMP.
[--gimpdatadir]
Prints the actual directory where GIMP data files, such as patterns and brushes, were installed.
[--plugindir]
Prints the actual directory where GIMP plug-ins were installed.
[--build plug-in.c]
Compile and link plug-in.c into a GIMP plug-in.
[--build-strip plug-in.c]
Compile, link and strip plug-in.c into a GIMP plug-in.
[--install plug-in.c]
Compile, link and install plug-in.c into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins/.
[--install-strip plug-in.c]
Compile, link, strip and install plug-in.c into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.
[--install-admin plug-in.c]
Compile, link, and install plug-in.c into the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.
[--install-bin plug-in]
Install a plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.
[--install-admin-bin plug-in]
Install a plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.
[--install-bin-strip plug-in]
Install a stripped plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.
[--install-admin-bin-strip plug-in]
Install a stripped plug-in, which has already been compiled and linked, into the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.
[--install-script script.scm]
Install script.scm, into the users personal scripts directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/scripts.
[--install-admin-script script.scm]
Install script.scm, into the system-wide scripts directory - $PREFIX/share/gimp/scripts.
[--uninstall-bin plug-in]
Uninstall a plug-in from a users personal plug-in directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/plug-ins.
[--uninstall-admin-bin plug-in]
Uninstall a plug-in from the system-wide plug-in directory - $PREFIX/lib/gimp/1.2/plug-ins.
[--uninstall-script script.scm]
Uninstall a script from a users personal scripts directory - ~/.gimp-1.2/scripts.
[--uninstall-admin-script script.scm]
Uninstall a script from the system-wide scripts directory - $PREFIX/share/gimp/scripts.
[--libs]
Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a GIMP plug-in.
[--libs-noui]
Print the linker flags that are necessary to link a GIMP plug-in which doesn't require the GTK+ libraries.
[--cflags]
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to link a GIMP plug-in.
[--cflags-noui]
Print the compiler flags that are necessary to link a GIMP plug-in which doesn't require the GTK+ libraries.
[--prefix=PREFIX]
If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation prefix that GIMP was built with when computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options. This option is also used for the exec prefix if --exec-prefix was not specified. This option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options.
[--exec-prefix=PREFIX]
If specified, use PREFIX instead of the installation exec prefix that GIMP was built with when computing the output for the --cflags and --libs options. This option must be specified before any --libs or --cflags options.