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Simple GTK# Paint Program

Pinta - Simple Gtk# Paint Program

Copyright (C) 2010 Jonathan Pobst

Pinta is a Gtk# clone of Paint.Net 3.0

Original Pinta code is licensed under the MIT License: See license-mit.txt for the MIT License

Code from Paint.Net 3.36 is used under the MIT License and retains the original headers on source files.

See license-pdn.txt for Paint.Net's original license.

Icons are from:

• Paint.Net 3.0 Used under MIT License

• Silk icon set Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

• Fugue icon set Used under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License

Building on Windows

Pinta can be built by opening Pinta.sln in Visual Studio. Ensure that .NET 6 is installed via the Visual Studio installer.

For building on the command line:

• Install the .NET 6 SDK.
• Build:
  • dotnet build
• Run:
  • dotnet run --project Pinta

Building on macOS

• Install .NET 6 and GTK
  • brew install dotnet-sdk gtk+3 adwaita-icon-theme gettext
• Build:
  • dotnet build
• Run:
  • dotnet run --project Pinta

Alternatively, Pinta can be built by opening Pinta.sln in Visual Studio for Mac.

Building on Linux

• Install .NET 6 following the instructions for your Linux distribution.
• Install other dependencies (instructions are for Ubuntu 20.04, but should be similar for other distros):
  • sudo apt install autotools-dev autoconf-archive gettext intltool libgtk-3-dev
• Build (option 1, for development and testing):
  • dotnet build
  • dotnet run --project Pinta
• Build (option 2, for installation):
  • ./autogen.sh
    • If building from a tarball, run ./configure instead.
    • Add the --prefix=<install directory> argument to install to a directory other than /usr/local.
  • make install

Getting help / contributing:

• You can get technical help on the Pinta Google Group
• You can report bugs/issues on Launchpad bug tracker
• You can make suggestions at Communiroo
• You can help translate Pinta to your native language on Launchpad translations
• You can fork the project on Github
• You can get help in #pinta on irc.gnome.org.
• For details on patching, take a look at patch-guidelines.md in the repo.