GdkPixbuf is a library that loads image data in various formats and stores it as linear buffers in memory. The buffers can then be scaled, composited, modified, saved, or rendered.
GdkPixbuf can load image data encoded in different formats, such as:
- PNG
- JPEG
- TIFF
- TGA
- GIF
Additionally, you can write a GdkPixbuf loader module and install it into a well-known location, in order to load a file format.
GdkPixbuf is used by the GTK toolkit for loading graphical assets.
In order to build GdkPixbuf you will need to have installed:
- Meson
- A C99-compliant compiler and toolchain
- GLib's development files
Depending on the image formats you want to support you will also need:
- libpng's development files
- libjpeg's development files
- libtiff's development files
- libjasper's development files
Additionally, you may need:
- shared-mime-info
- GObject Introspection
- GTK-Doc
- Xlib's development files
- mediaLib's development files
You should use Meson to configure GdkPixbuf's build, and depending on the platform you will be able to use Ninja, Visual Studio, or XCode to build the project; typically, on most platforms, you should be able to use the following commands to build and install GdkPixbuf in the default prefix:
$ meson _build .
$ cd _build
$ ninja
# ninja installYou can use the --prefix argument to control the installation prefix.
You can also use meson configure from within the build directory to
check the current build configuration, and change its options.
GdkPixbuf is released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 2.1, or, at your option, any later version. See the COPYING file for further details.