mkdocs-material/docs/setup/dependencies/image-processing.md

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# Image processing
Material for MkDocs depends on several libraries to allow for image processing
as part of the build pipline, including [social cards] and [image optimization].
For this reason, a few external libraries must be installed on the host system.
This section explains how to install them.
[social cards]: ../setting-up-social-cards.md
[image optimization]: ../building-an-optimized-site.md
## Dependencies
### Cairo Graphics
[Cairo Graphics] is a graphics library and dependency of [Pillow], which
Material for MkDocs makes use of for generating [social cards] and performing
[image optimization]. See the following section which explains how to install
[Cairo Graphics] and its dependencies on your system:
=== ":material-apple: macOS"
Make sure [Homebrew] is installed, which is a modern package manager for
macOS. Next, use the following command to install all necessary
dependencies:
```
brew install cairo freetype libffi libjpeg libpng zlib
```
=== ":fontawesome-brands-windows: Windows"
As stated in the [installation guide], the easiest way to get up and running
with the [Cairo Graphics] library on Windows is by installing [GTK+], since
it has Cairo as a dependency. You can also download and install a
precompiled [GTK runtime].
=== ":material-linux: Linux"
There are several package managers for Linux with varying availability per
distribution. The [installation guide] explains how to install the [Cairo
Graphics] library for your distribution:
=== ":material-ubuntu: Ubuntu"
```
apt-get install libcairo2-dev libfreetype6-dev libffi-dev libjpeg-dev libpng-dev libz-dev
```
=== ":material-fedora: Fedora"
```
yum install cairo-devel freetype-devel libffi-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel zlib-devel
```
=== ":fontawesome-brands-suse: openSUSE"
```
zypper install cairo-devel freetype-devel libffi-devel libjpeg-devel libpng-devel zlib-devel
```
The following environments come with a preinstalled version of [Cairo Graphics]:
- [x] No installation needed in [Docker image]
- [x] No installation needed in [GitHub Actions] (Ubuntu)
[Cairo Graphics]: https://www.cairographics.org/
[Pillow]: https://pillow.readthedocs.io/
[CairoSVG]: https://cairosvg.org/
[Homebrew]: https://brew.sh/
[installation guide]: https://www.cairographics.org/download/
[GTK+]: https://www.gtk.org/docs/installations/windows/
[GTK runtime]: https://github.com/tschoonj/GTK-for-Windows-Runtime-Environment-Installer/releases
[Docker image]: https://hub.docker.com/r/squidfunk/mkdocs-material/
[GitHub Actions]: ../../publishing-your-site.md#with-github-actions
### pngquant
[pngquant] is an excellent library for lossy PNG compression, and a direct
dependency of the [built-in optimize plugin]. See the following section which
explains how to install [pngquant] system:
=== ":material-apple: macOS"
Make sure [Homebrew] is installed, which is a modern package manager for
macOS. Next, use the following command to install all necessary
dependencies:
```
brew install pngquant
```
=== ":fontawesome-brands-windows: Windows"
Installing [pngquant] on Windows is a little more involved. The
[pngquant-winbuild] repository contains a guide on how to set up an
environment for building [pngquant] on Windows.
=== ":material-linux: Linux"
All popular Linux distributions, regardless of package manager, should
allow to install [pngquant] with the bundled package manager. For example,
on Ubuntu, [pngquant] can be installed with:
```
apt-get install pngquant
```
The same is true for `yum` and `zypper`.
[pngquant]: https://pngquant.org/
[built-in optimize plugin]: ../building-an-optimized-site.md#built-in-optimize-plugin
[pngquant-winbuild]: https://github.com/jibsen/pngquant-winbuild