Picpuz 0.10

Picpuz is a jigsaw puzzle: create from any image file, move pieces with the mouse.

Picpuz is an on-screen "jigsaw puzzle". You can take almost any image file and break it into many pieces which you can then reassemble using the mouse.

You can control the size of the puzzle and the number of pieces (tens to thousands). You can save an unfinished puzzle and resume it later.

Installation

The following procedure is illustrative only. Many variations are possible.

01. download the tarball: picpuz.xxx.tar.gz
02. choose a directory (this example: /usr/picpuz)
03. $ su root # get root privileges
04. $ mkdir /usr/picpuz # create directory
05. $ mv picpuz.xx.tar.gz /usr/picpuz # move tarball into directory
06. $ cd /usr/picpuz # change to directory
07. $ tar -xzf picpuz.xx.tar.gz # unpack tarball in directory
08. $ ./picpuz-build.sh # rebuild executable
09. $ chown root:root * # set root owner for all files
10. $ chmod o+x picpuz.x # allow all users to run picpuz.x

The executable should now be available for any user: $ /usr/picpuz/picpuz.x
The executable may run without rebuilding if your Linux system has compatible libraries. If it does not run, use the build script (as shown above) to build a compatible version for your system. Recent versions of the Gnu C++ compiler and GTK2 libraries are required. If either is missing, look in your package manager for g++ and libgtk2.0-dev. They should be available, even if your system is KDE based. If the above names dont work, search for packages having the files /usr/bin/g++ and /usr/lib/libgtk-x11-2.0