On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 02:46:35PM +0000, dave selby wrote:
> I am using gimp quite heavily, I need to save files in .GIF format but
> it appears not to be supported.
>
> I have been on the Gimp mailing list, they suggest I may need a .deb
> file to enable it because it is supported in standard Gimp.
>
> Having browsed through aptitude there are a lot of files related to
> GIF, and some legal stuff about not being able to compress images.
>
> Does anyone know which .deb to install to enable .GIF on Gimp,
> preferible in compress mode as well as de-compress.
gimp1.2-nonfree
Description: GIF support for the GNU Image Manipulation Program This
package includes GIF support for The GNU Image Manipulation Program.
These files are not freely available; their use is disallowed by the
UNISYS patent on LZW compression. Use at your own legal risk.
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