Re: xv (was Re: CD ripping)

I've added a deb package to the github release page for pxv:
https://github.com/linsomniac/pxv/releases

Sean

On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 8:41 AM Sean Reifschneider <[email protected]> wrote:

> Depending on the level of compatability you want, "pxv" may be enough for
> you.  https://github.com/linsomniac/pxv
>
> pxv is a xv-inspired image viewer that I built to take advantage of my xv
> "muscle memory" but without having to mess with the issues compiling the
> real xv.  I'm a huge xv fan (back in the day I sent John >$30K in licensing
> fees), but these days I'm not doing enough image work that I use it often
> enough between compiles.  pxv is meant to be something that's easier to
> deal with.
>
> Lots of options for running it:
>
> uvx --from git+https://github.com/linsomniac/pxv pxv photo.jpg
> pip install pxv
> uv pip install pxv
>
> RIP John Bradley
>
> On Fri, Jun 5, 2026 at 5:55 AM Steve McIntyre <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> [email protected] wrote:
>> >
>> >On Fri, Jun 05, 2026 at 02:09:12 -0400, Lee wrote:
>> >> and yet another FWIW:
>> >> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)
>> >> While popular in the early 1990s ("XV is widely considered to be the
>> >> preeminent image viewer for the X Window System"[2]
>> >> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xv_(software)#cite_note-2>), ...
>> >>
>> >> I haven't found anything like that for Linux (& preferably Debian)
>> >
>> >xv was packaged in Debian, back in the late 1990s.  You can still find
>> >the old packages on <https://snapshot.debian.org/binary/xv/> for
>> >example.
>> >
>> >You can still build xv from the old Debian source packages (e.g.
>> ><https://snapshot.debian.org/package/xv/3.10a-20slink1/>), though
>> >it's becoming more and more difficult over time.  The main issue is
>> >the PNG library, which has changed its API.  If you're willing to
>> >install the older libpng12-0 packages, then it can be built on a
>> >modern(-ish) Debian system.  Those packages (xv and libpng12-0) are no
>> >longer maintained, so there could be bugs in them, possibly even
>> >security bugs.  Proceed at your own risk.
>>
>> Even better, there is a new forked version of xv that's being
>> maintained again \o/.
>>
>> https://github.com/jasper-software/xv.git
>>
>> --
>> Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.
>> [email protected]
>> Can't keep my eyes from the circling sky,
>> Tongue-tied & twisted, Just an earth-bound misfit, I...
>>
>>