I was install vips on a remote server running Debian linux. At first I was compiling libvips from Git source according to README.md, but it took me a lot of time to download the full Git repo and then fix package dependence issues. It also required installing of many GTK packages, which is a concern for the server.
Later, I found out a better way is to just download the supported libvips release from http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/supported/current/. Install only a small number of packages and everything was OK. And this method works for both Debian and Ubuntu linux.
I was install vips on a remote server running Debian linux. At first I was compiling libvips from Git source according to README.md, but it took me a lot of time to download the full Git repo and then fix package dependence issues. It also required installing of many GTK packages, which is a concern for the server.
Later, I found out a better way is to just download the supported libvips release from http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/supported/current/. Install only a small number of packages and everything was OK. And this method works for both Debian and Ubuntu linux.
Install packages for Ubuntu:
Install packages for Debian:
Make and install libvips