Name	APPS/GRAPH/NETPBM-10.25
Description	Netpbm
Status	Available
Last update	2008-02-29

Netpbm Runtime Environment Homepage

Netpbm is a toolkit for manipulation of graphic images, including conversion of images between a variety of different formats. There are over 300 separate tools in the package including converters for about 100 graphics formats. Examples of the sort of image manipulation we're talking about are: Shrinking an image by 10%; Cutting the top half off of an image; Making a mirror image; Creating a sequence of images that fade from one image to another. For more information see: http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/

Versions

Current stable version

APPS/GRAPH/NETPBM-10.25

Development version

None

Old versions

Interface definition

The presence of the Netpbm runtime environment mean that Netpbm tools are available in the path. for example ppmquant and ppmtogif executables. For RedHat based distributions, this mean that the netpbm-progs package should be installed on the nodes.

Use example

Sample xRSL job description for a serial run:

& (executable=netpbm.sh)
(jobname=test.netpbm_re)
(stdin=f.ppm)
(stdout=g.ppm)
(stderr=error.out)
(gmlog=gridlog)
(cputime=1)
(memory=500)
(disk=1)
(RuntimeEnvironment>=APPS/GRAPH/NETPBM-10.25)

Submits a job containing a shell script called netpbm.sh that runs ppmquant on a ppm file.

#!/bin/sh
ppmquant 16 < f.ppm > g.ppm

System administrator guide for installing RE

One option is to ensure packaged software is available on the nodes.

For Debian based distributions install the netpbm Debian package on the nodes
For RHEL based distributions, install the netpbm-progs RPM on nodes

Verification of the RE

Contact information

Questions related to RE itself, such as questions about installing RE, feature requests and improvement suggestions, can be mailed to RE maintainers grid-support@csc.fi.