Installation

The latest version of GIL can be downloaded from https://github.com/boostorg/gil.

The GIL is a header-only library. Meaning, it consists of header files only, it does not require Boost to be built and it does not require any libraries to link against.

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The exception to dependencies-free rule of GIL is the I/O extension which requires client libraries implementing popular image formats like libpng, libjpeg, etc.

In order to use GIL, including boost/gil.hpp and telling your compiler where to find Boost and GIL headers should be sufficient for most projects.