Installation

cgif is packaged for Homebrew and several Linux distributions already:

Ubuntu >= 22.04

sudo apt-get install libcgif0

for development files

sudo apt-get install libcgif-dev

Homebrew

$ brew install cgif

Fedora >= 35

$ sudo yum install libcgif

for development files

$ sudo yum install libcgif-devel

Manual installation

Requirements for compiling cgif:

C compiler (e.g. gcc, clang)
meson build system

Steps

$ git clone https://github.com/dloebl/cgif
$ cd cgif/

set the prefix of your choice:

$ meson setup --prefix=/usr build

compile & install cgif as shared library:

$ meson install -C build