Web hosting rating - 490 APPENDIX B INSTALLING THE GIMP ON
490 APPENDIX B INSTALLING THE GIMP ON WINDOWS Windows 98 and ME users will be treated to a screen telling them the GIMP is no longer actively supported for those platforms. This is mostly true, though GIMP 2.2 versions will probably work. The purpose of this disclaimer is to avoid getting complaints if they don t. Some people who use their spare time to give you free stuff are just so lazy. Click Next, of course. There s that GNU General Public License again! It won t have changed since you last saw it, so see how fast you can click the Next button. D j vu: the Select Destination dialog again. The installer will present you with a default location. Unless you have a very good reason and know exactly what you re doing, you should accept the default and, you guessed it, click Next again. Time to select which components get installed. The base component is not optional, but it is listed for completeness. Translations are not necessary for English speakers (they won t hurt anything), but are a good idea for everyone else. The Gimp FreeType plug-in is theoretically optional, but if it s there, leave it checked. (It gives you some fun options for adding text to images.) After clicking another Next, you ll be presented with what may be an unfamiliar screen: Select file associations. If you click on any of the available selections, that kind of file will automatically open in the GIMP from then on. The GIMP is an excellent program, but you re probably not familiar with it yet so you should almost certainly not select any of these options (thoughtfully, that s the default). Next! Now you re offered an opportunity to place a GIMP icon in a custom Start Menu folder. You can change the name of the folder, or check the box near the bottom that says Don t create a Start Menu folder. The latter is probably the best choice for now, followed by yet another Next. On Select Additional Tasks the defaults are perfect. You should probably let the installer make a desktop icon, and a quicklaunch icon is probably overkill until you see how often you want to use the GIMP. Make your choices and click Next. Will this ever end? Yes! You re at the ever-scary Ready To Install screen. This shows a list of the options you ve chosen and what will happen when you take the plunge. Brace yourself and click Install. After watching the progress bar for about three times as long as GTK+ took, you get the Completing screen. Usually, there s a checked option to Launch The GIMP. It s probably best to leave it checked and get that over with now, since you already have a good rhythm for clicking buttons. This time it s Finish. Note If you left the option to launch checked, be sure to refer to Appendix F, First Startup.
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