Request Help Buliding GIMP and dependencies

[Redrobes]

ok, I run XP x64 - the 64 bit version of XP but not vista though I think I am correct in saying that what follows is the same. You can check it anyway.

In your windows partition - say C: - there is a program files and a program files x86. There is also a system32 and another system folder. Bizarrely the system32 folder contains the 64 bit stuff (dll's etc).

Anyway, when you install stuff which is 64 bit it uses the program files directory but if you install a 32 bit app then it goes into the program files x86. The OS has some environment vars to point to the correct 'program files' directory. Those environment vars change depending on the environment - either 32bit or 64 bit. So when a 32 bit app asks for some MFC then it goes off the system dir but when a 64 bit app asks for the very same dll name then it looks in system32.

So what I was thinking was that if you mix the 32 and 64 bit versions of the app and the libraries then maybe its looking for them but they are not there.

Basically, check that the gimp is in the right program files folder and also check that the libs are going (or looking to go) to the right folder too.

[jfrazierjr]

ok, I run XP x64 - the 64 bit version of XP but not vista though I think I am correct in saying that what follows is the same. You can check it anyway.

In your windows partition - say C: - there is a program files and a program files x86. There is also a system32 and another system folder. Bizarrely the system32 folder contains the 64 bit stuff (dll's etc).

Anyway, when you install stuff which is 64 bit it uses the program files directory but if you install a 32 bit app then it goes into the program files x86. The OS has some environment vars to point to the correct 'program files' directory. Those environment vars change depending on the environment - either 32bit or 64 bit. So when a 32 bit app asks for some MFC then it goes off the system dir but when a 64 bit app asks for the very same dll name then it looks in system32.

So what I was thinking was that if you mix the 32 and 64 bit versions of the app and the libraries then maybe its looking for them but they are not there.

Basically, check that the gimp is in the right program files folder and also check that the libs are going (or looking to go) to the right folder too.

It's not even getting that far. The insttructions say to install Python first, then GTK, then the 3 py* installs since they add supporting libraries. Finally install GIMP. Well, when I try to install the 3 py* installs, they error out with less than helpful error messages....

[Redrobes]

Sounds like its nothing like what I thought it could have been then. I'll have a look but both Python and Gimp are not my specialty.

[Redrobes]

A chap has collected a set of versions which work together well and comments say that its been used in Vista. The zip of all pytho bits are here:

http://www.deviantart.com/download/7..._resources.zip

and the version of Gimp it was checked with was here:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gim...i686-setup.exe

These are 32 bit apps and the instructions on how to install them are contained in the amusing named file:
IDIOTS NEVER READ THIS.txt

It seems like a completely different set of installs to that which you mentioned so give this one a go and see if it works.

Edit -- It mentions that you must install Gimp after python perhaps that is it.

[jfrazierjr]

A chap has collected a set of versions which work together well and comments say that its been used in Vista. The zip of all pytho bits are here:

http://www.deviantart.com/download/7..._resources.zip

and the version of Gimp it was checked with was here:
http://downloads.sourceforge.net/gim...i686-setup.exe

These are 32 bit apps and the instructions on how to install them are contained in the amusing named file:
IDIOTS NEVER READ THIS.txt

It seems like a completely different set of installs to that which you mentioned so give this one a go and see if it works.

Edit -- It mentions that you must install Gimp after python perhaps that is it.

Yep, that's ultimately the resource I was using for the install process. Pertty much followed it like that both times. Oh well.. I guess I don't get to use Python scripts with GIMP.. bummer. Thanks for trying RR.