libtiff-3.5.7

Introduction to libtiff

The libtiff package contains the tiff libraries and associated utilities. The libraries are used by many programs for reading and writing tiff files and the utilities are useful for general work with tiff files.

Package information

Installation of libtiff

Install libtiff by running the following commands:

patch -Np1 -i ../tiff-3.6.0-tiffio.patch &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --noninteractive \
   --with-DIR_MAN=/usr/share/man &&
make &&
make install

Command explanations

--noninteractive: This switch is used to avoid the configuration routine asking for confirmation of the directories to install to (which we pass using switches to configure anyways).

--with-DIR_MAN=/usr/share/man: This is used because despite the fact we pass --prefix=/usr, the configure routine tries to install the man pages in /usr/local/man instead of the correct place.

Configuring libtiff

Configuration Information

As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /opt/lib or /usr/local/lib should appear in /etc/ld.so.conf so that ldd can find the shared libraries. After checking that this is the case, /sbin/ldconfig should be run while logged in as root.

Contents

The libtiff package contains fax2ps, fax2tiff, gif2tiff, pal2rgb, ppm2tiff, ras2tiff, rgb2ycbcr, thumbnail, tiff2bw, tiff2ps, tiff2rgba, tiffcmp, tiffcp, tiffdither, tiffdump, tiffinfo, tiffmedian, tiffsplit and tiff libraries.

Description

fax2ps

fac2ps converts a TIFF facsimile to compressed PostScript file.

fax2tiff

fax2tiff creates a TIFF Class F fax file from raw fax data.

gif2tiff

gif2tiff creates a TIFF file from a GIF87 format image file.

pal2rgb

pal2rgb converts a palette color TIFF image to a full color image.

ppm2tiff

ppm2tiff creates a TIFF file from a PPM image file.

ras2tiff

ras2tiff creates a TIFF file from a Sun rasterfile.

rgb2ycbcr

rgb2ycbcr converts non-YCbCr TIFF images to a YCbCr TIFF image.

thumbnail

thumbnail creates a TIFF file with thumbnail images.

tiff2bw

tiff2bw converts a color TIFF image to grayscale.

tiff2ps

tiff2ps converts a TIFF image to a PostScript file.

tiff2rgba

No description available.

tiffcmp

tiffcmp compares two TIFF files.

tiffcp

tiffcp copies (and possibly converts) a TIFF file.

tiffdither

tiffdither converts a grayscale image to bilevel using dithering.

tiffdump

tiffdump prints verbatim information about TIFF files.

tiffinfo

tiffinfo prints information about TIFF files.

tiffmedian

tiffmedian applies the median cut algorithm to data in a TIFF file.

tiffsplit

tiffsplit splits a multi-image TIFF into single-image TIFF files.

tiff libraries

The tiff libraries are used by many programs to read and write tiff files.