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Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) Server

I need to do some server-side image scripting that apparently only GIMP is able to do.

I'd hate to install X Window and GTK only for that.

Is there a way to install GIMP without all that bloat, so it may work from command-line only?

(A silly question, I know, but perhaps there is a hope?)

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There is a difference between installing an actual X server, and just the libraries involved (libgtk, Xlib, etc.). I have tried to compile GIMP, and while I can do it without an X server installed, I do still need libgtk, Xlib, and all that installed for it to compile, despite playing with several ./configure flags. ./configure does not recognise flags such as --without-gegl or --without-x11.

I have come to the conclusion that the answer to this question is that it is not possible. However, I don't think it's as bad as it sounds. Chances are you already have a server application running that uses GLib or something.

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Thanks. I'm probably fine with installing X server as long as I do not have to actually run it... I admit I'm a bit unsure on the subject. – Alexander Gladysh Aug 1 '09 at 10:56
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GIMP Batch Mode

The install steps here for the Hardy Ubuntu are on command line.
However, I am not quite sure you can get by without a GTK install... Is that necessary?

Actually, there seems to be a nogtk install option. Have not tried it.

As an extreme alternative, have you considered the portable gimp on a flash drive
maybe used from a separate windows installation for the purpose?

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I know that it is possible to run and control Gimp from command-line. But is it possible to install it without X Window and GTK? – Alexander Gladysh Jul 31 '09 at 7:59
Yes, I'd like to avoid installing X Window and GTK on my server. – Alexander Gladysh Aug 1 '09 at 10:22
Also: what do you mean by "a separate Windows installation"? – Alexander Gladysh Aug 1 '09 at 10:23
But a 'separate Windows installation', i meant you could copy the data across to another windows system where you could even use a portable GIMP edition to work. You have the install on your flash drive and none on either of the machines. I don't think you can have a flash installation of GIMP usable in Linux easily (that is the reason for the separate Windows reference). – nik Aug 2 '09 at 2:20
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It's not quite what you asked but have you looked into ImageMagik. It has always been my solution of choice for command-line editing of image (specially for batch processing).

Here is the reference for installing it in ubuntu

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If you read the supplied link, you can see he's already tried ImageMagik. – Coops Aug 1 '09 at 7:59
Thanks, but it seems that ImageMagick can'd do what I need: stackoverflow.com/questions/1168614/… – Alexander Gladysh Aug 1 '09 at 10:21
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