Dec 23, 2008  It will not affect your existing installation. Put the pspi.exe in the portable-gimp plug-ins folder just the same as before and point the PS setup dialog to where the PS plugins reside. It might prove that pspi. Jun 26, 2009  I have seen before a windows plugin called pspi.exe that allows windows Gimp to run photoshop.8bf filters. I was wondering if something like this has been developed for Mac versions of Gimp, or if one could possibly be created someday?

This discussion is connected to the gimp-user-list.gnome.org mailing list which is provided by the GIMP developers and not related to gimpusers.com.

Windows 2.6.2 installer problem(s) - ATTN: Jernej(?)

I saw a request in Bugzilla that someone show output for 'gimp --verbose' command and being naturally curious ran it myself. (see output below)

(1) One thing caught my attention in it:
(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 'gtk-file'. The 'hicolor' theme
was not found either, perhaps you need to install it.You can get a copy from:
http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed
checking the site referenced above I see a 'bunch' of tar.gz files, most recent being:
-- hicolor-icon-theme-0.10.tar.gz 22-Nov-2006 04:02 33K

Question: does this indicate something that should have been done in the build for the windows installer?

(2) Gimp internal help browser - BUMPI asked on the dev list and never got an answer - probably because I posted in the Announce-thread for 2.6.2
I'm still seeing the same Help-Internal browser problem:

The GIMP help browser plug-in appears to be missing from your installation. You may instead use the web browser for reading the help pages.

I thought that this was something required some tweak to the Windows build and was going to be fixed for 2.6.2. Did I misunderstand?
FWIW: Now, even when I set preferences to 'use online help' and 'use web browser' its not opening in browser. (default browser Firefox-portable, WinXP SP3)

Any suggestions?

(3) I have another question about overriding Folders-Plugins (GAP related) I'll post in a new thread.

output from 'gimp-2.6.exe --verbose'INIT: gimp_load_config
Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6unitrc'Parsing 'D:Program FilesGIMP-2.6etcgimp2.0gimprc'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6gimprc'gimp_composite: use=yes, verbose=no
Processor instruction sets: +mmx +sse +sse2 -3dnow -altivec -visAdding theme 'Default' (D:Program
FilesGIMP-2.6sharegimp2.0themesDefault)Adding theme 'Small' (D:Program FilesGIMP-2.6sharegimp2.0themesSmall)Writing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6themerc'Trying splash 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6gimp-splash.png' .. failed
Trying splash 'D:Program
FilesGIMP-2.6sharegimp2.0imagesgimp-splash.png' .. OKINIT: gimp_initialize
INIT: gimp_real_initialize
INIT: gui_initialize_after_callback
INIT: gimp_restore
Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6parasiterc'Loading 'brush factory' data
Loading 'pattern factory' data
Loading 'palette factory' data
Loading 'gradient factory' data
Loading fonts
Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6templaterc'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6modulerc'INIT: gui_restore_callback
clipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/bmpclipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-bmpclipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-MS-bmpclipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/pngclipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-iconclipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-icoclipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/x-win-bitmapclipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/tiffclipboard: writable pixbuf format: image/jpegParsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6sessionrc'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6dockrc'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6toolrc'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6contextrc'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-rect-select-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-rect-select-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-ellipse-select-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-ellipse-select-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-free-select-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-free-select-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-fuzzy-select-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-fuzzy-select-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-by-color-select-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-by-color-select-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-iscissors-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-iscissors-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-foreground-select-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-foreground-select-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-vector-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-vector-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-color-picker-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-color-picker-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-zoom-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-zoom-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-measure-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-measure-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-move-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-move-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-align-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-align-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-crop-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-crop-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-rotate-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-rotate-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-scale-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-scale-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-shear-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-shear-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-perspective-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-perspective-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-flip-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-flip-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-text-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-text-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-bucket-fill-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-bucket-fill-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-blend-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-blend-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-pencil-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-pencil-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-paintbrush-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-paintbrush-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-eraser-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-eraser-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-airbrush-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-airbrush-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-ink-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-ink-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-clone-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-clone-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-heal-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-heal-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-perspective-clone-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-perspective-clone-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-convolve-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-convolve-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-smudge-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-smudge-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-dodge-burn-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-dodge-burn-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-desaturate-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-desaturate-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-color-balance-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-color-balance-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-hue-saturation-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-hue-saturation-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-colorize-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-colorize-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-brightness-contrast-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-brightness-contrast-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-threshold-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-threshold-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-levels-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-levels-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-curves-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-curves-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-posterize-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-posterize-tool.presets'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-gegl-tool'Parsing 'C:Documents and
SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6tool-optionsgimp-gegl-tool.presets'INIT: gimp_real_restore
Skipping duplicate plug-in: 'D:Program FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-insgap_plugins.exe'Skipping duplicate plug-in: 'D:Program FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-insgap_video_extract.exe'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6pluginrc'Querying plug-in: 'D:Program
FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-inspyconsole.py'

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: gimp-2.6.exe: gimp_wire_read(): error
Initializing plug-in: 'D:Data FilesGimp-2.x_resourcesplug-inspspi.exe'Writing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6pluginrc'Starting extension: 'extension-script-fu'INIT: gui_restore_after_callback
Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6menurc'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6devicerc'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6controllerrc'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6colorrc'loading menu 'D:Program
FilesGIMP-2.6sharegimp2.0menusimage-menu.xml' for /image-menubar

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 'gtk-file'. The 'hicolor' theme
was not found either, perhaps you need to install it.You can get a copy from:
http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed
Writing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6gimprc'Writing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6gimprc'Writing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6gimprc'

Windows 2.6.2 installer problem(s) - ATTN: Jernej(?)

Alec Burgess (buralex@gmail.com) wrote (in part) (on 2008-11-08 at20:16):

(3) I have another question about overriding Folders-Plugins (GAP related) I'll post in a new thread.

Followup: turns out there is no problem here ..

I was confused by what the following lines were telling me:
INIT: gimp_real_restore
Skipping duplicate plug-in: 'D:Program FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-insgap_plugins.exe'Skipping duplicate plug-in: 'D:Program FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-insgap_video_extract.exe'Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6pluginrc'Querying plug-in: 'D:Program
FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-inspyconsole.py'

(gimp-2.6.exe:1408): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: gimp-2.6.exe: gimp_wire_read(): error
Initializing plug-in: 'D:Data FilesGimp-2.x_resourcesplug-inspspi.exe'
On closer examination I see that it is doing what it should - skipping the GAP related plugins in:
D:Program FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-ins put there by the GAP 2.4 installer and using instead the (newer) plugins gap_plugins.exe and gap_video_extract.exe found at:
Gap2.4 BugFix Files by =photocomix-resources http://photocomix-resources.deviantart.com/art/Gap2-4-BugFix-Files-77466242 which I deliberately put in a separate location so I wouldn't lose them if installing a new GIMP-2.6.x version subsequently.

However I'm still confused by: 'LibGimpBase-WARNING **: gimp-2.6.exe: gimp_wire_read(): error'
Does this indicate a real problem?

Googling [gimp_wire_read] I see a number of posts (apparently related to GTK and/or Python and mostly MAC related)Searching Bugzilla for [gimp_wire_read] I find two hits:(1) Bug 483502 -- Save as dialog comes up empty on second use(2) Bug 551243 -- crash in GNU Image Manipulation Program: I had just clicked on 's..
Both: Product: gtk+ Component: GtkFileChooser Version: 2.12.x Status: UNCONFIRMED

Above are on Unix systems. I haven't seen any errors associated with above but wonder if the warning message in --verbose output indicates something just waiting to get triggered?

Windows 2.6.2 installer problem(s) - ATTN: Jernej(?)

On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 20:55 -0500, Alec Burgess wrote:

However I'm still confused by: 'LibGimpBase-WARNING **: gimp-2.6.exe:gimp_wire_read(): error'
Does this indicate a real problem?

gimp_wire_read(): error is usually what you get when the plugin crasheswhile talking to the main Gimp process. It's not a good thing.

-- David

Windows 2.6.2 installer problem(s) - ATTN: Jernej(?)

David Hodson (hodsond@ozemail.com.au) wrote (in part) (on 2008-11-08at 21:11):

However I'm still confused by: 'LibGimpBase-WARNING **:

gimp-2.6.exe:
> > gimp_wire_read(): error'
> > Does this indicate a real problem?

gimp_wire_read(): error is usually what you get when the plugin crashes
while talking to the main Gimp process. It's not a good thing.

Hmmm .. so:
Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6pluginrc'Querying plug-in: 'D:Program
FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-inspyconsole.py'

(gimp-2.6.exe:5912): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: gimp-2.6.exe: gimp_wire_read(): error
probably indicates something wrong with my Gimp-python install? At least some Python plugins appear to be working. Is there any way to pin this down enough to file a meaningful bugzilla report?

Filters - python-fu - console shows:
GIMP 2.6.2 Python Console
Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] >>>
but I don't know what I *ought* to be able to do in it :-(

Windows 2.6.2 installer problem(s) - ATTN: Jernej(?)

Alec Burgess wrote:

Hmmm .. so:
Parsing 'C:Documents and SettingsAlec.gimp-2.6pluginrc'Querying plug-in: 'D:Program
FilesGIMP-2.6libgimp2.0plug-inspyconsole.py'

(gimp-2.6.exe:5912): LibGimpBase-WARNING **: gimp-2.6.exe:gimp_wire_read(): error
probably indicates something wrong with my Gimp-python install?

It does indicate that your platform does not support execute bits -pyconsole.py is not supposed to be run when GIMP starts, and the missingbit prevents this on other platforms.

Other than this message there are no ill effects.

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HTH,Michael

Windows 2.6.2 installer problem(s) - ATTN: Jernej(?)

Hi,

On Sat, 2008-11-08 at 20:16 -0500, Alec Burgess wrote:

(1) One thing caught my attention in it:
(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-WARNING **: Could not find the icon 'gtk-file'. The 'hicolor' theme
was not found either, perhaps you need to install it.You can get a copy from:
http://icon-theme.freedesktop.org/releases

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed

(gimp-2.6.exe:4928): Gtk-CRITICAL **: gtk_icon_info_load_icon: assertion `icon_info != NULL' failed
checking the site referenced above I see a 'bunch' of tar.gz files, most recent being:
-- hicolor-icon-theme-0.10.tar.gz 22-Nov-2006 04:02 33K

Question: does this indicate something that should have been done in the build for the windows installer?

The GTK+ file-chooser probably uses the icons from the hicolor theme. Noidea if it should use windows system icons on Windows or if it would bebetter to include the icon theme in the installer.

(2) Gimp internal help browser - BUMP

No idea what you mean by 'BUMP'.

I'm still seeing the same Help-Internal browser problem:

The GIMP help browser plug-in appears to be missing from your installation. You may instead use the web browser for reading the help pages.

I thought that this was something required some tweak to the Windows build and was going to be fixed for 2.6.2. Did I misunderstand?

Absolutely. The help-browser plug-in is not included in the installerand this is not likely going to change. Not until someone manages tobuild webkit on Windows.

Sven

Adding additional functionally or automation to any application can be extremely useful. Take, for example, the DDS plugin. The DDS plugin is a now stable and reliable plugin to load DDS files, supporting the OpenGL S3TC extension. Of course, GIMP plugins are not limited to file loading. There exists a GIMP plugin for using the CMYK color model!

If you want to run Photoshop plugins in GIMP, Microsoft Windows and Linux users may use the PSPI plugin.http://www.gimp.org/~tml/gimp/win32/pspi.html

• 2Copying the plugin to the GIMP plugin directory

Extracting plugin packages[edit]

Almost every plugin you download will come in a package. You need to extract this package.

ZIP files can be extracted easily in Windows and GNU/Linux with the utilities included with your OS. Windows includes ZIP support by default. Most (if not all) GNU/Linux distributions include Info-ZIP, which can be used to decompress ZIP files, along with a GUI frontend, such as File Roller for GNOME and Ark for KDE.

RAR files are compressed using a proprietary format. WinRAR is the original tool for RAR, available for many platforms, WinRAR has a trial period BUT the trial period never ends so you can have the software forever for free. There are alternatives. The free software (as in freedom) unrar can unpack RAR files that do not use RAR 3.0 or later. If RAR 3.0 is needed, taking a newer CVS snapshot may work, which has been done for the unrar-free Debian and Ubuntu packages. The 7-Zip program includes support for RAR 3.0, but the RAR component is proprietary.

TAR.GZ and TAR.BZ2 files are compressed archives originating from GNU/Linux. It is a double extension. The 'GZ' or 'BZ2' section refers to the fact the compression method is gzip or bzip2. gzip and bzip2 can only compress single files, however, so a program like tar is used to merge the files/folders into one file, hence the 'TAR' section of the name. On GNU/Linux, the original tools can be used, usually 'tar -xvzf file.tar.gz' (TAR.GZ) or 'tar -xvjf file.tar.bz2' (TAR.BZ2). On Windows, the free 7-Zip can be used.

7z files can be done in Windows with 7-Zip, and in GNU/Linux, if the p7zip utility is installed, Ark and File Roller will work, along with the p7zip command directly.

If you find any other file types, a quick search on the internet will help. On the Windows platform, 7-Zip is a piece of software that will extract most file formats, while on GNU/Linux, most free are bundled with the OS and others usually can be found in your package manager.

Copying the plugin to the GIMP plugin directory[edit]

Open up the folder containing the plugin. Now, copy the files to the clipboard (Select the files, right click one and press copy)

Windows[edit]

On Windows, go to the folder GIMP is installed in (usually somewhere in Program Files). Once in the GIMP main folder navigate to libgimp*version* where as *version* represents the version of Gimp. Then double click the 'plug-ins' folder. Not all plugins will run in Windows if the OS is 64bit.

To install a script (ends in '.scm') navigate to sharegimp*version*. Then double click the 'scripts' folder, and paste.

Linux[edit]

On Linux, you might need to read the manual at the official site first under the section:

'1.3. Installing New Plugins'http://docs.gimp.org/en/gimp-scripting.html#gimp-plugins-install

Plugins may be stored in different locations depending upon your distribution.

Locally installing plugins are easiest because they will usually be stored in a hidden folder under $HOME/.gimp-*.* (where you should replace $HOME with path to your home catalogue and gimp-*.* with the version you use (for example 2.6). In this case, however, the plugins you install will only be available to the user who installed them, which may not be what you want.

If you want to install plugins globally, you might have to look around a bit more. Some boxes will have plugins stored at /opt/gnome/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ (change lib to lib64 if you've got a 64bit OS), others /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/ (change lib to lib64 if you've got a 64bit OS. Running '$whereis gimp' (or 'which gimp') in a terminal might help. For example, if the output was /some/place/bin/gimp, then you could check the /some/place/lib (or lib64 if you've got a 64bit OS). In Ubuntu, plugins are located at /usr/share/gimp/2.0/ for both 32 and 64bit. Note that you have to be root to access these files.

Ubuntu Linux[edit]

Steps to install GIMP scripts / plugins

1. Download the relevant GIMP script from the GIMP plug-in registry.
   • Each GIMP script is available in two formats namely – Script-Fu (.scm) and Python script (.py). You can choose to download either one of them but not both. If you are downloading the Script Fu file, then it should be saved in GIMP scripts folder. If you are downloading the Python file, it should be saved in the GIMP plug-ins folder. Let’s assume we have downloaded the python script for the sake of this example.
2. Save the downloaded python script into the GIMP plug-ins folder. In Ubuntu, it is in the directory /usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/How did I find the correct directory, you ask? I opened a terminal and ran the following command :

   Of course, there is another way of finding the GIMP plug-ins folder which is, start GIMP and open “GIMP Preferences” dialog. In this dialog, click on “Folders > Plug-ins” and you will find the directory where GIMP installs all its plug-ins.

   Now you copy the downloaded script (gimp-script.py) into this folder as follows :

3. Next open the terminal and set the execute bit for the python script file as follows :
4. Lastly, if you have GIMP already running, restart it so that it is aware of all the new scripts you have installed.

Mac[edit]

System-wide script-fu scripts are stored in /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/share/gimp/2.0/scripts/. Executable and python plugins are located in /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/

User-private plugins are stored under $HOME/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/.

NOTE: Check 'Preferences > Folders' to confirm your plug-ins directory. On some systems, it may be set to 'Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins/' which is wrong. Fix this by adding a new path and restarting.

Testing the plugin[edit]

To test the plugin, simply open the GIMP and try the plugin. If this plugin makes a certain image type supported, try opening a file of that type. If the plugin is a filter, test it.

Troubleshooting[edit]

If the plugin appears to not be working, be sure that its for your OS and it is for your version of GIMP.

Also, Scheme ( Script-Fu ) plugins (*.scm) and python plugins go in their own respective folder, up one level from the regular plugins directory. Python plugins also require gimp-python.

The Script-Fu directory is something like /usr/share/gimp/2.0/scripts/.

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