Thread: [HowTo] python plugins and GIMP with Windows

Originally Posted by RobA

I know it is late in this thread, but I installed using this pack assembled by photocomix over at gimptalk:
http://photocomix-resources.devianta...asier-74889017

It is one bundle with all all the compatible version installs and a step by step guide...

-Rob A>

Yeah, I just found the same pack last night. Although, upon deeper examination, the items included are the same versions I pulled down from Sagenlicht's links, but at least here it's all already together.

The only (minor) problem is that the GTK+ included is, I think, very out of date (the others don't appear to be so much).

But, I'm second-guessing my conclusion that GIMP's more current GTK+ installing over the older GTK+ is the source of the problem. I'd have to do some testing to see for sure, but I began to suspect last night that part of the problem was that I chose a poor test-case of a python add-in to verify whether python for GIMP was working. I discovered later last night that Sagenlicht's GURM, which I had been using as a quick test, requires some additional hacking in the .py and .ini files to make work... Still haven't gotten that one script working, but all the others I've downloaded so far are now working like a charm!

Thanks everybody for your patience with this guy who "knows just enough about computers to be dangerous, but not enough to be useful".

The simplest test is the render>clouds>fog as it is afaik bundled with gimp.

-Rob A>

I found the forum for GURM through many Google searches.
Downloaded it.Installed it.
& it didn't show up in my filters folder in Gimp.
Looked around & found this thread.
I tried downloading Python 2.5.4 since 2.5.2 isn't there. It wouldn't install correctly. I went ahead & Googled Python 2.5.2 & download it instead. After this, I deleted gimp.
I tried going back to gimp.org & downloading it, but it gave me an error message, something to the extent of not complete file. Then I tried quite a few mirrors, no luck. I tried deleting the Python, PyCairo, PyGObject and PyGTK. I did a system restore & got Gimp back, but it was 2.4 & was missing some files, i.e. no menu bars. I finally got Gimp to download, but still can't get this plug-in to work. I know this may seem like a bunch of useless information, but i wanted to make sure all my steps were taken into account if necessary, plus my memory is pretty bad. Any help would be greatly appreciated. By the way, everything else seemed to download correctly.

Does anyone know how to install this plugin on a mac?

--Doc

Has anybody checked to make sure this all works with updated python 2.7.2 and gimp 2.6.11?

Many non Core plugins are messed up in 2.7 since the API is changed. I am using 2.7.2 on linux and miss it a lot.

Yeah, and I just found GIMP for windows can't even see python 2.7, found a 2.6.6 installer to try.

I updated all links in the first post.

Originally Posted by Notsonoble

Has anybody checked to make sure this all works with updated python 2.7.2 and gimp 2.6.11?

GIMP requires Python 2.6 or Python 2.5

When Python 2.6 came out it did take some time till GIMP supported that as well, so that aint a surprise Python 2.7 aint supported yet. I doubt Python 2.7. will be supported in GIM 2.6 at all.