HOWTO:Add WebP (weppy) support to GIMP.

[ron998]

Hi
There's an old locked thread about adding WebP support to GIMP.
Here ---> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.p...highlight=webp

That PPA hasn't been updated for ages, but the 12.04 Precise version seems to work OK with 14.04 Trusty.

I've created a deb file from the old PPA.
It's in the attachment below.
Download and untar it first.

Install libwebp

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get -y install libwebp-dev

Install the deb

sudo dpkg -i gimp-webp_0.2-1.deb

Then with GIMP it will be possible to import and export webp files.


This works OK for me with 32 bit system.
I don't have access to a 64 bit system, but maybe somebody else can test it and leave feedback.

[Mark de J]

For me it isn't working on a 64 bit system.

[ron998]

For me it isn't working on a 64 bit system.

Hi
I've attached the original 64-bit deb from the launchpad page.

[Trevor_Grant]

Sorry to raise the dead on this post, but the 64 bit package worked for me in 14.10

Thanks!

[jacek-filipek]

Hi
I've attached the original 64-bit deb from the launchpad page.

Thank You! With Ubuntu 14.10 it's works.

[George Edison]

Hey everyone. Sorry for the long delay in getting up-to-date packages into the PPA. I uploaded builds for Trusty, Utopic, Vivid, and Wily, which you can add to your system with:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/webp

Once added, simply install the "gimp-webp" package and you will be able to use the plugin. I've also switched to CMake and moved the plug-in over to GitHub with the intention of adding some new features in the future and maybe adjusting the interface a bit.

[hotel_Peru_hostal]

i working in 15.04 64 bits but don´t work

[nataly2]

Hey everyone. Sorry for the long delay in getting up-to-date packages into the PPA. I uploaded builds for Trusty, Utopic, Vivid, and Wily, which you can add to your system with:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:george-edison55/webp

Once added, simply install the "gimp-webp" package and you will be able to use the plugin. I've also switched to CMake and moved the plug-in over to GitHub with the intention of adding some new features in the future and maybe adjusting the interface a bit.

I've imported your PPA. Trying to execute

$ sudo apt-get install gimp-webp

and got message:

gimp-webp package not found