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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.
Install libtiff by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr --noninteractive \ --with-GCOPTS="$CFLAGS" --with-DIR_MAN=/usr/share/man && make && make install |
--noninteractive : This switch is used to avoid the configuration routine asking for confirmation of the directories to install to (which we pass using switches to configure anyways).
--with-GCOPTS="$CFLAGS" : This switch causes libtiff to be built using the options we have set in $CFLAGS (which most other packages handle automatically).
--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.
As with most libraries, there is no configuration to do, save that the library directory i.e. /usr/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 whilst logged in as root.
The libtiff package contains fax2ps, fax2tiff, gif2tiff, pal2rgb, ppm2tiff, ras2tiff, rgb2ycbcr, thumbnail, tiff2bw, tiff2ps, tiff2rgba, tiffcmp, tiffcp, tiffdither, tiffdump, tiffinfo, tiffmedian, tiffsplit and the tiff libraries
fac2ps converts a TIFF facsimile to compressed postscript file
fax2tiff creates a TIFF Class F fax file from raw fax data
gif2tiff creates a TIFF file from a GIF87 format image file
pal2rgb converts a palette color TIFF image to a full color image
ppm2tiff creates a TIFF file from a PPM image file
ras2tiff creates a TIFF file from a Sun rasterfile
rgb2ycbcr converts non-YCbCr TIFF images to a YCbCr TIFF image
thumbnail creates a TIFF file with thumbnail images
tiff2bw converts a color TIFF image to greyscale
tiff2ps converts a TIFF image to a postscript file
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tiffcmp compares two TIFF files
tiffcp copies (and possibly converts) a TIFF file
tiffdither converts a greyscale image to bilevel using dithering
tiffdump prints verbatim information about TIFF files
tiffinfo prints information about TIFF files
tiffmedian applies the median cut algorithm to data in a TIFF file
tiffsplit splits a multi-image TIFF into single-image TIFF files
The tiff libraries are used by many programs to read and write tiff files