/gimp-plugin-vtf

Valve VTF file format support for GIMP on Linux

Primary LanguageC++

gimp-plugin-vtf

A plugin to open and save VTF files in GIMP on Linux.

Originally developed by lxndr, with additional fixes & changes to ensure compatibility on Linux.

Installation

Arch Linux

There is a PKGBUILD included with the repository.

Clone the git repositroy:

git clone https://github.com/linux-source-tools/gimp-plugin-vtf.git

Then, run makepkg:

makepkg -s PKGBUILD

Debian / Ubuntu

Clone the git repository into a folder you want to save it to:

git clone https://github.com/linux-source-tools/gimp-plugin-vtf.git

Install the required libraries:

  • libgimp2.0-dev

  • liblcms2-dev

  • libsquish-dev

  • libsquish0

You can install all of these with:

sudo apt install libgimp2.0-dev liblcms2-dev libsquish-dev libsquish0 libboost1.74-dev  libboost-iostreams-dev

cd into the new directory, then make file-vtf with:

make

After compiling, move file-vtf to your GIMP plugins folder, such as /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/.

The final path should be /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-vtf.