Gegl 0.2 is not compiling

[BlackSystemCoder]

When i try to build GIMP - it is need gegl (i dont know what is it). But this is not compiling, and i cant install gimp.

../../gegl/gegl-utils.h:208:13: warning: inline function ‘_gegl_float_epsilon_zero’ declared but never defined
  208 | inline gint _gegl_float_epsilon_zero  (float     value);
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from ../../gegl/gegl-plugin.h:40,
                 from ../../gegl/gegl-chant.h:29,
                 from save-pixbuf.c:36:
../../gegl/gegl-utils.h:208:13: warning: inline function ‘_gegl_float_epsilon_zero’ declared but never defined
  208 | inline gint _gegl_float_epsilon_zero  (float     value);
      |             ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  CXX    exr_load_la-exr-load.lo
exr-load.cpp:34:10: fatal error: ImfInputFile.h: No such file or directory
   34 | #include <ImfInputFile.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
compilation terminated.
make[3]: *** [Makefile:1024: exr_load_la-exr-load.lo] Error 1
make[3]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
make[3]: Leaving directory '/Data/Compile/Sources/gegl-0.2.0/operations/external'
make[2]: *** [Makefile:400: all-recursive] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory '/Data/Compile/Sources/gegl-0.2.0/operations'
make[1]: *** [Makefile:516: all-recursive] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory '/Data/Compile/Sources/gegl-0.2.0'
make: *** [Makefile:425: all] Error 2
Compile: Gegl 0.2.0 - Build process failed.

[fyrak1s]

It is a tricky situation. Usually it is easier to compile recent packages, because the build system/chain will be more compatible.

For example in this case, GEGL 0.4.42 is already our repos, and it should build fine: https://github.com/gobolinux/Recipes/tree/master/Gegl/0.4.42

However since our GIMP recipe is ancient it requires GEGL < 0.3:
https://github.com/gobolinux/Recipes/blob/master/Gimp/2.10.34/Resources/Dependencies#L9

The question is, does it make sense to fix the old GEGL recipe (which sometimes is possible and sometimes near impossible due to many patches/fixes needed for the build system).

Also, I have now recognized that I've made a mistake by shipping GoboLinux 017.01 with GCC14 -- this can break many older packages (of which we have a lot). Should have first dealt with those and upgraded to a recent GCC at a later time.

Now the million dollar questions is whether there is sens and motivation to fix building Gimp 2.10.34, or go straight to 3.0.4. The latter would probably make more sense, but might be a bit more adavanced. The build system could have changed, new deps could have been added or removed. Some new deps might have to be packaged, etc... Sometimes in this case it can make sense to use MakeRecipe rather than NewVersion.

I might look into it later.

[fyrak1s]

So as mentioned Gegl 0.4.62 (latest) builds for me - what does not build is Gegl 0.2.0. And personally I don't think it worth fixing (probably there are not even any patches for it because everyone is on a newer Gegl).

So the better route is to package GIMP 3.x. But atm this is not in my plans, as there's more inmportant stuff I need to tend to in GoboLinux.

I would recommend to run the AppImaged GIMP in the meantime: https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.0/linux/GIMP-3.0.4-x86_64.AppImage

It works for me:

[BlackSystemCoder]

I would recommend to run the AppImaged GIMP in the meantime: https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.0/linux/GIMP-3.0.4-x86_64.AppImage

hm, i will try to create binary recipe

[fyrak1s]

I would recommend to run the AppImaged GIMP in the meantime: https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.0/linux/GIMP-3.0.4-x86_64.AppImage

hm, i will try to create binary recipe

Thanks, but I don't think it's worth it, nor very elegant to wrap an AppImage into a Recipe.

I'd say it would make more sense to "teach" InstallPackage to install appimages, for instance like so: InstallPackage https://download.gimp.org/gimp/v3.0/linux/GIMP-3.0.4-x86_64.AppImage. I'd also be fine with a separate tool like InstallAppImage.

We could make a list of these AppImage links and provide this list as a repo to InstallPackage/InstallAppImage by default. For instance, this would allow to install AppImages like so: InstallPackage --appimage GIMP 3.0.4 or InstallAppImage GIMP 3.0.4.

Alternatively you might be interested in @xplshn's dbin.

EDIT: There's also ThirdPartyInstallers but it does not have support for AppImages atm.