Potrace™ is a tool for transforming a bitmap (PBM, PGM, PPM, or BMP format) into one of several vector file formats.
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Download (HTTP): https://downloads.sourceforge.net/potrace/potrace-1.16.tar.gz
Download MD5 sum: 5f0bd87ddd9a620b0c4e65652ef93d69
Download size: 644 KB
Estimated disk space required: 7.1 MB (including tests)
Estimated build time: less than 0.1 SBU (including tests)
LLVM-19.1.0 (including clang)
Install Potrace by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \ --disable-static \ --docdir=/usr/share/doc/potrace-1.16 \ --enable-a4 \ --enable-metric \ --with-libpotrace && make
To run the test suite, issue: make check.
Now, as the root
user:
make install
--enable-a4
: Use A4 as the
default paper size.
--enable-metric
: Use metric
units (centimeters) as default
--disable-static
: This
switch prevents installation of static versions of the libraries.
--with-libpotrace
: Install
the library and headers.