libpixbufloader

[David Evans]

David Evans wrote:
> Andy Schmitt wrote:
>> I just compiled something that had expected to find: 
>> /lib/gtk-2.0/*/loaders/libpixbufloader-bmp.so
>>
>> Googling suggests that's a pretty common location for that folder and 
>> that perhaps gdk-pixbuf was installed along with gtk2 as recently as 
>> 2.8. But I had to manually install the gdk-pixbuf port and adjust 
>> that path to /lib/gdk-pixbuf/loaders/libpixbufloader-bmp.so.
>>
>> So, did something change or did I manage to screw something up 
>> somewhere along the way.
>>
>> andy
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> Andy --
>
> I think you are mixing two different versions of gtk.
>
> The gdk_pixbuf library is now included as part of gtk2 and bmp file
> format is one of the default file types that can be loaded or
> saved without using an external loader module. (also jpeg, png, ico at
> least)
>
> The command
>
> gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders
>
> will show you what additional external loader modules are installed and
> where. These are usually installed by other ports
> to add support for their own file types.
>
> The port gdk-pixbuf is an old version that is compatible with gtk1,
> glib1 where it was a separate library and a loader module was required
> for bmp.
>
> Perhaps the application you are trying to build is a gtk1 application?
> If you have port gdk-pixbuf installed then you also have its
> dependencies installed gtk1, glib1.
>
> Try
>
> port contents <portname>
>
> to see what files have been installed for a given port.
>
> gtk1 and gtk2 can coexist without interfering with each other AFAIK. (As
> long as you don't link them together) ;-)
>
> Dave
>
Just for completeness here is the list of loaders that are currently 
built in to  the gdk_pixbuf library in gtk2 (from the configure output):

checking pixbuf loaders to build... 
ani,icns,pcx,ras,tga,png,pnm,wbmp,xbm,xpm,jasper,bmp,gif,ico,jpeg,tiff