Comments on: How to install Python plugins under GIMP

By: Gimpfreund

Gimpfreund — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 14:29:59 +0000

Same problem with StraightenCrop.py in Win XP Home (SP3, fully patched) …
It won’t run nor appear in any menu.

>> PyGTK, PyCairo and PyGobject (all available from the GNOME FTP mirrors as installers) are installed prior to installing GIMP

- “prior to installing GIMP” is a priori impossible. Does this mean that I have to deinstall and reinstall afterwards ??
Is there no other way ?
- Seems a lot of work for running a script …

By: Groggy

Groggy — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 14:34:01 +0000

I’ve restarted several times…

By: monoceros84

monoceros84 — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 17:34:02 +0000

Have you restarted GIMP?

By: Groggy

Groggy — Tue, 03 Mar 2009 16:59:39 +0000

Windows XP user: I’ve downloaded the plugin, installed at C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins – nothing happened

Then, I downloaded the script and installed it at: C:\Program Files\GIMP-2.0\share\gimp\2.0\scripts
Nothing happened.

So I’ve downloaded the plugin, installed at C:\Documents and Settings\aponstingl\.gimp-2.6\plug-ins – nothing happened.

Finally, I downloaded the script and installed it at C:\Documents and Settings\aponstingl\.gimp-2.6\scripts.

Yep, nothing happened.

any thoughts?

By: Lazybug

Lazybug — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:14:04 +0000

Never mind, got it!

By: Lazybug

Lazybug — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 16:44:53 +0000

Hi There,

I’ve been trying to install plug-ins in Gimp. But I can’t find the Plug-ins folder. I tried Ctrl+H, but that too does not show the hidden folder. Any help?

Lazybug

By: PhotoComix

PhotoComix — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 16:42:22 +0000

hy
the python-gimp-pack for windows is now updated and works with last gimp 2.6.1, included the updated version of all the libraries listed by
Michael Schumacher in his message

But note

1 for peculiar architecture (ie X86) may be better download a speciphic version of python 2.5.2 directly to the python side
2 even if there is a more recent version of python ,2.6 that is not compatible
you need python 2.5, last for win should be 2.5.2

link for the pack remain the same :http:/photocomix-resources.deviantartart.com/gallery/

By: Dom W

Dom W — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:03:40 +0000

@MissM@rple (and any other Mac users)

- put the python script in the “normal” ‘plug-in’ folder (Home/~/Library/Application Support/Gimp/plug-ins)
- open the terminal and ‘cd’ your way to that folder
- make it executable with ‘chmod u+x [scriptname]‘ – default name for this script is zoneadjust.py

I”m not overly happy with command-line stuff in the terminal, although I’m a little better having played with Xubuntu on a eeePC, but I reckon if I can do it then anyone can …

To make this a little easier – is there a way of making a script executable without using the terminal?

By: [lol]2Fast4U

[lol]2Fast4U — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 16:15:46 +0000

why synaptic?
write “with your package manager”
there is no synaptic in openSUSE. there is YaST

By: MissM@rple

MissM@rple — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 06:58:56 +0000

@David: Thanks for the hint, but it didn’t make any difference to me. In my home didn’t exist any .gimp[whatsoever]/ directory so I had to create it anyway. The preset paths to have GIMP look for plugins where / So maybe I should have put my plugins in the first mentioned directory but I feel more convenient to put it that way I mentioned in my first comment.

By: Rolf

Rolf — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:25:39 +0000

The perils of cut and paste – I overlooked the missing dash and concentrated on ~ and $HOME.

By: David Gowers

David Gowers — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 13:48:53 +0000

It wouldn’t be that way under Unix.
Unix does not magically steal ‘-’s from filenames.

By: Rolf

Rolf — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 09:58:45 +0000

Isn’t “~/.gimp-2.4/plug-ins/” and “.gimp2.4/plugins directory in my $HOME” the same under MacOSX? It would be under Unix, AFAIK.

By: David Gowers

David Gowers — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:43:57 +0000

MissM@rple: The reason you had to provide the path is because you didn’t use ~/.gimp-2.4/plug-ins/
, which is the normal path that gimp looks at by default.

By: MissM@rple

MissM@rple — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:00:27 +0000

The same approach used for Linux works fine for me with MacOSX. But I had to create the .gimp2.4/plugins directory in my $HOME first, then I copied the plugin in this directory and made it executable. GIMP couldn’t find the plugin first, I had to provide the path to the just created directory in the preferences (Preferences -> Folders -> Plugins). Now it’s working like a charm. Maybe there is a more convenient way to install plugins for the GIMP on MacOSX, but this works fine for me and I don’t hesitate to fiddle with the terminal

By: Michael Schumacher

Michael Schumacher — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 12:28:57 +0000

Microsoft Windows
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Copy the files to ~/.gimp2.4/plug-ins

With the following prerequisites:

- PyGTK, PyCairo and PyGobject (all available from the GNOME FTP mirrors as installers) are installed prior to installing GIMP
- ~ is %USERPROFILE%

Making them executable isn’t necessary, as all files are executable on Microsoft Windows.