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Old 07-10-2007, 09:35 AM   #1
mariogarcia
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gimp and gimpshop installed at the same time


Hello, it is possible to have gimp and gimpshop installed at the same time on the same machine? or do I have to completely remove the gimp in order to install gimpshop?
thank you for your advice.
Mario
 
Old 07-10-2007, 10:13 AM   #2
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I believe Gimpshop installs itself over any existing Gimp: if you run "gimp" from the command line, Gimpshop starts. I don't know what would happen if you installed Gimp after Gimpshop; I think Gimp would survive, but that's purely speculative.
 
Old 07-10-2007, 10:18 AM   #3
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Gimpshop is just Gimp with a different layout of menus and the overall look&feel. No other differences.

You could install them both of course but you'd need to install them into different locations, so that the files don't get overwritten, so that would mean something like using a different prefix while configuring the source code for compilation. If you're installing from a binary package, I doubt if it's (easily) possible without repackaging the program.

Anyway, what's the point in having them both as it's actually just the same program but with different interfaces?
 
  


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