This is a mandelbrot generator written in c using libpng with zlib to create png images.
This program has libpng and zlib as dependencies. Here is a table of dependency names on different systems: Remember that pkg-config, make and a c99 compatible compiler (gcc, tcc...) are required to compile.
| Distro | libpng | zlib |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu 20.04 | libpng-dev | zlib1g-dev |
| Void Linux | libpng-devel | zlib-devel |
| Fedora | libpng-devel | zlib-devel |
After installing all dependencies, you just run make.
Remember to have the right permissions, by using sudo or running as root.
Install: make install
Uninstall: make uninstall
By default it installs the binary to /usr/local/bin, you can change this under Configuration.
To get the usage run the program without any parameters.
To get the version and license run the program with -v.
| Name | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| VERBOSE | 1 | This changes the verboseness of the program. |
| VERSION | This changes the version printed when running the program. Any string is acceptable. | |
| PKG_CONFIG | pkg-config | This changes the binary that is used for pkg-config. |
| PREFIX | /usr/local | This changes where the binary is installed to. ( /usr/local/bin ) |
| USE_PTHREAD | depends on arch | This forces the compiler to use or not use pthreads. |
| Name | Default value | Description |
|---|---|---|
| CC | Depends on make | You can set this to force a specific compiler. |
| CPPFLAGS | Empty | C preprocessor flags |
| CFLAGS | Depends on make | C compiler flags |
| LDFLAGS | Empty | Linker flags |
1920x1080, 400 zoom, 4000 iterations:
