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Fotoxx for Windows  - how to install Fotoxx on Windows 10 WSL

Source Code Tarballs
 
The following tar files contain a source program (C++), a build script (Makefile), 
and a user guide or man page. The installation procedure is explained below.

backwild-2.1.tar.gz	Jul 01 2021     replaces ukopp2
clockthrottle-1.6.tar.gz	Apr 05 2021
dkopp-7.7.tar.gz	Nov 22 2020
findwild-3.1.tar.gz	Nov 22 2020
fotoxx-21.44.tar.gz	Jul 01 2021
fotoxx-maps-1.7.tar.gz	Mar 01 2021     optional map files
galaxy2-1.6.tar.gz	Nov 22 2020
lbench-4.7.tar.gz	Nov 24 2020
mystuff-3.7.tar.gz	May 23 2021
picpuz-3.2.tar.gz	Nov 22 2020
sortpuz-1.8.tar.gz	Jan 02 2021
watsup-5.5.tar.gz	Apr 05 2021

Dependencies:
    The following packages are needed to build and install these programs: 
       libc6, xdg-utils, g++, libgtk-3.0-dev, binutils

Fotoxx also needs: 
   libtiff5-dev, libpng-dev, liblcms2-dev, libimage-exiftool-perl, dcraw,
   libclutter-1.0-dev, libchamplain-0.12-dev, libchamplain-gtk-0.12-dev
   optional for playing video files: totem, ffmpeg

Package names are different:
    For Fedora and others, you must find corresponding packages,
    which have different names from the above Debian names.
  
Installation Procedure:
  0.  Install the above dependencies using your package manager.
  1.  Download the tar file by clicking one of the above links.
  2.  Open a terminal window and enter the following commands:
  3.  $ chdir Downloads                    # go to the tar file
  4.  $ tar -xzf appname-xxx.tar.gz        # unpack the tar file
  5.  $ chdir appname                      # go to unpacked files
  6.  $ make                               # build program
  7.  $ sudo make install                  # install program

Missing dependencies will cause error messages in step 6. 
Install these using your package manager and repeat step 6.
 
Step 7 installs program files in the following locations:
   /usr/bin, /usr/share/appname, /usr/share/doc/appname

Uninstall appname:
  $ sudo rm -f /usr/bin/appname  
  $ sudo rm -R -f /usr/share/appname
  $ sudo rm -R -f /usr/share/doc/appname
  $ rm -R -f /home/<user>/.appname



AppImage Packages
 
AppImage is a "distro agnostic" packaging format (read about Appimage HERE).
These 64-bit packages will work on many recent Linux releases.
They have been tested on the following:
   Ubuntu 18-21, Fedora 30-33, Mint 19-20, Endeavour (Arch derivative)

backwild-2.1-appimage	Jul 01 2021    replaces ukopp2
clockthrottle-1.6-appimage	Apr 05 2021
dkopp-7.7-appimage	Nov 22 2020
findwild-3.1-appimage	Nov 22 2020
fotoxx-21.44-appimage	Jul 01 2021
fotoxx-maps-1.7-appimage	Mar 01 2021    optional map files
galaxy2-1.6-appimage	Nov 22 2020
lbench-4.7-appimage	Nov 24 2020
mystuff-3.7-appimage	May 23 2021
picpuz-3.2-appimage	Nov 22 2020
sortpuz-1.8-appimage	Jan 02 2021
watsup-5.5-appimage	Apr 05 2021

 
Installation Procedure
   1. download the program file by clicking on the corresponding link above.
   2. move the program file to another location, if desired.
   3. using your file manager, right click on the program file or icon, select 'properties'.
   4. in the popup window, select 'permissions', check 'allow executing', close.
   5. [double] left-click the program file to start the program.
 
The program should now be available in your system menus, with an icon/launcher.
The execution file is installed at:  /home/<user>/.local/bin/
The desktop file is installed at:  /home/<user>/.local/share/applications/
To uninstall, you can simply delete the program file.