About:
Imlib is an advanced replacement library for libraries like libXpm that provides many more features with much greater flexibility and speed. It was originally written for E, now used by the GNOME Project.

Author:
Carsten Haitzler <raster [at] rasterman [dot] com> [contact developer]

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7.81/10.00 (4 votes)

Tar/GZ:
http://ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/imlib/

Trove categories: [change]

[Intended Audience]		Developers
[License]		OSI Approved :: GNU General Public License (GPL)
[Topic]		Software Development :: Libraries

Dependencies: [change]
libtiff (required)
[download links]

 Branches

Branch	Version	Last release	License	URLs
Default	1.9.14	18-Jul-2002	GNU General Public License (GPL)

 Articles referencing this project

Debian: New imlib2 packages fix arbitrary code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Mon, Jun 16th 2008 11:51 Debian: New imlib packages fix arbitrary code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Tue, Oct 25th 2005 23:45 Debian: New imlib packages fix arbitrary code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Fri, Dec 24th 2004 09:03 Red Hat: Updated imlib packages fix security vulnerabilities by Patrick Lenz , in Security Fri, Dec 10th 2004 14:47 Debian: New imlib packages fix arbitrary code execution by Patrick Lenz , in Security Thu, Sep 16th 2004 12:12

Red Hat: Updated imlib package fixes security vulnerability by Patrick Lenz , in Security Wed, Sep 15th 2004 10:47 Red Hat: New imlib packages available by Patrick Lenz , in Security Sat, May 18th 2002 00:58 SuSE: remote privilege escalation in imlib by Patrick Lenz , in Security Tue, May 7th 2002 09:16 Red Hat: New imlib packages available by Patrick Lenz , in Security Thu, Mar 21st 2002 16:43

 Comments

[»] Critical Dependencies
by Wolfpack Entertainment - Feb 4th 2002 04:04:51

Imlib makes image loading incredibly easier for both the user and developer of programs that display images, however the installation difficulties are extreme and many of Imlib's mandatory dependencies are on the edge of being abandoned or are never going to be completed.

A significant number of programs depend on Imlib as of this writing, but many of Imlib's own dependencies (such as the font library) are not even compilable on UNIXes. To worsen this stress, Imlib itself is not being maintained enough to keep up with these issues. If one of Imlib's dependencies is abandoned, Imlib becomes completely useless.

I cannot stress it enough that Imlib really needs better maintainance, along with more sensitive and proficient management of its numerous mandatory dependencies... or perhaps make those dependencies optional instead of mandatory.

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[»] Re: Critical Dependencies
by David Pace - Jun 15th 2002 21:24:16

I decided on gdk_pixbuf from : http://rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=gdk-pixbuf&submit=Search+...&system=&arch=

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[»] Breaks under Solaris
by Shaman - Mar 8th 1999 04:49:44

Releases 1.9.3-1.9.4 have been broken under Solaris 7, the intl.h library is causing the problem.

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