Giflib
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About
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`Giflib`_ is a library for reading and writing gif images. It is API and ABI compatible with libungif which was in wide use while the LZW compression algorithm was patented.

Supported versions
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To check which `Giflib`_ versions and build types are currently supported on Discoverer, execute on the login node:

.. code-block:: bash

 module avail giflib

Loading
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.. code:: bash

 module avail giflib/latest

Build recipes and tests
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For those who are interested in the process of compiling and optimizing the code of Giflib we follow, there is public access to our build recipes at:

https://gitlab.discoverer.bg/vkolev/recipes/-/tree/main/giflib

There are also logs that were collected during the compilation and testing processes.

Getting help
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See :doc:`help`

.. _`Giflib`: https://sourceforge.net/projects/giflib/