User Guide

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-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.
15.3 GIMP Remote
GIMP REMOTE is another support program for GIMP. It allows you to open an image
from the command line in an already running GIMP. The format is: gimp-remoteoptions
...files ... GIMP Remote Options
-h -help Displays a list of available options, and gives a terse description of each
one.
-v -version Prints the version number of the installed GIMP.
-n -new Opens a new instance of GIMP if one is not already available.