EOG is an application used for viewing and cataloging image files on the GNOME Desktop. It also has basic editing capabilities.
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Download (HTTP): https://download.gnome.org/sources/eog/45/eog-45.1.tar.xz
Download MD5 sum: f4e40ec586e985fc625303faa5a36118
Download size: 4.4 MB
Estimated disk space required: 32 MB
Estimated build time: 0.3 SBU
adwaita-icon-theme-45.0, Exempi-2.6.4, gnome-desktop-44.0, libhandy-1.8.2, libjpeg-turbo-3.0.1, libpeas-1.36.0, and shared-mime-info-2.2
gobject-introspection-1.78.1, Little CMS-2.14, libexif-0.6.24, librsvg-2.57.0, and webp-pixbuf-loader-0.2.4
Install EOG by running the following commands:
mkdir build &&
cd build &&
meson setup --prefix=/usr \
--buildtype=release \
-Dlibportal=false \
.. &&
ninjaThis package does not come with a test suite.
Now, as the root user:
ninja install
Still as the root user,
rebuild the cache database of
MIME types handled by desktop files so Nautilus-45.1 will
be able to open image files with EOG.
update-desktop-database
--buildtype=release: Specify a buildtype
suitable for stable releases of the package, as the default may
produce unoptimized binaries.
-Dlibportal=false: This parameter disables
building EOG with support for flatpak portals. Remove this parameter
if you have libportal-0.7.1 installed and wish
to have support for flatpak portals.
-Dgtk_doc=true: Use this option if
GTK-Doc-1.33.2 is installed and you wish to rebuild
and install the API documentation.