Re: [Gimp-user] [Hangout - NYLXS] Debian 11, updated, Gimp 2.10.22 - bad clone tool

[Liam R E Quin <liam holoweb net>]

On Wed, 2021-10-20 at 20:12 -0300, Dedeco Balaco via gimp-user-list
wrote:
> The configure script was and is here.

The problem  is that you must first build and install babl, then gegl,
and, as  the error message says, you must set PKG_CONFIG_PATH (a shell
variable):

> configure: error: Package requirements (babl >= 0.0.22) were not met:
> No package 'babl' found
>
> Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable if you
> installed software in a non-standard prefix.

>
To repeat:

> > To build GIMP  2.10.28 on an older Debian Linux, you will need to
> > start
> > with building the following:
> > libmypaint (the 1.3 branch)
> > libgtk+2, libgdk2, glib from gnome, using jhbuild
> > babl (with meson; i'm not sure autoconf is still supported for babl
> > and gegl)
> > gegl
> > Install ALL of these into a custom prefix 

However, this will not fix the clone tool and neither  would installing
an older version.
>

> Since one or two days ago, there is a question i have been waiting an
> answer, in this list: is the behaviour change i describe in my
> problem possible to achieve with normal changes in 2.10.22 settings?

No but it is possible to make it happen using the gnome or  MATE
accessibility settings.

> I have some accessibility tools actived for me. To see where the
> mouse
> pointer is, i (press and) _release_ the ctrl key,

Try turning it off, at least temporarily, and see if that fixes gimp's
clone for you. It did  for me. I think it's  a  bug in the gnome
accessibility toolkit.

Liam


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