<p>In order to add this functionality, you will need to install <link xref="plugins">eog-plugins</link>.</p>
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<p>Once installed, you can activate/deactivate the <gui>Python console</gui> <gui>Tools</gui> menu item in the <link xref="preferences#plugins">preferences plugins menu</link>. </p>
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Python Console</gui></guiseq> to bring up the console.</p>
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<title>Python console</title>
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<p>The image viewer has a plugin system which uses the Python scripting
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language. If you activate the <em>Python console</em>, you can gain direct
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access to a Python interpreter from inside the image viewer, which you can
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then use to write scripts or programmatically manipulate images, for example.</p>
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<steps>
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<p>Before you can activate the Python console, you will need to install <link xref="plugins">eog-plugins</link>.</p>
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<p>Once <sys>eog-plugins</sys> is installed, click <guiseq><gui>Edit</gui>
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<gui>Preferences</gui></guiseq> and go to the <gui>Plugins</gui> tab.</p>
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</item>
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<p>Check <gui>Python Console</gui> and click <gui>Close</gui>.</p>
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<p>Click <guiseq><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Python Console</gui></guiseq> to