CDE & Backgrounds

[Patrick Wallek]

This is more for fun than a real problem and I'm curious to see if it will work.

On my workstation running HP-UX 11.0 and CDE, is there a way to convert images downloaded from the Internet (jpg format) to a format that will allow me to use the images as my new backdrops?

What steps do I need to go through?

Thanks in advance.

[Alex Glennie · Accepted solution]

Yes :

Use xsetroot or xv (shareware) to display the images on the root window.

Use xv,imagemagick and the like to convert jpg,gif to xpm,xbm or other formats depending on the command you chose to set the root window image : xv I think copes with gifs etc, xsetroot may only deal with X windows bitmaps. Most of these are shareware etc, CDE's imaging tools are'nt that good.

This topic has been covered before : check using search tool (top left) and look for the links on where to get ImageMagick and XV. They come with documentation and are easy to use.

also see man xsetroot

[Patrick Wallek]

OK. I have downloaded xv and ImageMagick. The problem I am having now is that when I try to install them swinstall comes back with the following errors. Where do I find these packages? I have looked on the 11.0 distribution and I can't find them.

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xv
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The corequisite "jpeg.jpeg-RUN" for fileset
"xv.xv-RUN,r=3.10a" cannot be successfully resolved.
The corequisite "tiff.tiff-RUN" for fileset
"xv.xv-RUN,r=3.10a" cannot be successfully resolved.
The corequisite "zlib.zlib-RUN" for fileset
"xv.xv-RUN,r=3.10a" cannot be successfully resolved.

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ImageMagick
**************
The corequisite "bzip2.bzip2-RUN" for fileset
"ImageMagick.ImageMagick-RUN,r=5.1.1" cannot be successfully resolved.
The corequisite "freetype.freetype-RUN" for fileset "ImageMagick.ImageMagick-RUN,r=5.1.1" cannot be successfully resolved.
The corequisite "jbigkit.jbigkit-RUN" for fileset "ImageMagick.ImageMagick-RUN,r=5.1.1" cannot be successfully resolved.
The corequisite "jpeg.jpeg-RUN" for fileset
"ImageMagick.ImageMagick-RUN,r=5.1.1" cannot be successfully resolved.
The corequisite "libpng.libpng-RUN" for fileset "ImageMagick.ImageMagick-RUN,r=5.1.1" cannot be successfully resolved.
The corequisite "tiff.tiff-RUN" for fileset
"ImageMagick.ImageMagick-RUN,r=5.1.1" cannot be successfully resolved.
The corequisite "zlib.zlib-RUN" for fileset
"ImageMagick.ImageMagick-RUN,r=5.1.1" cannot be successfully resolved.

[Alex Glennie]

Read the special instructions they need 3 filesets I beleive ?

You can down load them from the same sites you used to download Xv etc ...
: eg http://hpux.connect.org.uk/hppd/hpux/X11/Viewers/xv-3.10a/

ie : see dependancies links on this site ! :

xv-3.10a

A multi-format image displayer for X Windows. Supports a large number of input and output formats including GIF, X bitmaps, TIFF, JPEG and many,
many more. Allows image zooming, rotation, cropping, colour palette adjustment amongst other features.

Author: John Bradley
Home: http://www.trilon.com/xv/downloads.html
Installation Tree: /opt/xv
Dependencies: jpeg tiff zlib <----- HERE !

some point s would be nice now ;)

[Patrick Wallek]

Thanks for the help Alex.

Sorry for the last question. I should have seen that. I just had a case of NPA (Not Paying Attention) disease.

I will assign points after I finish this reply.