GMIC doesn't install

[Moreach]

I have Gimp 2.10 on a laptop running Linux Mint, and have downloaded GMIC thru the software installer. It does not show up on Gimp. I had this on a previous PC and it installed itself automatically, under "filters". What have I done wrong?

[rich2005]

(12-22-2024, 10:39 AM)Moreach Wrote: I have Gimp 2.10 on a laptop running Linux Mint, and have downloaded GMIC thru the software installer. It does not show up on Gimp. I had this on a previous PC and it installed itself automatically, under "filters". What have I done wrong?

(1) What "flavour" of Gimp 2.10 did you install ? From the Mint repo using synaptic or from gimp.org as a flatpak.
The flatpak uses its own flatpak gimp_gmic_qt  package which you must use.
From the repo there is both a gmic package, which is the command line gmic and a gimp-gmic package. Both pull in lots of dependencies and (I seem to remember) the gimp-gmic is a dynamic version and rather old 2.9.xxxx and might not work  For Mint 21 synaptic looks like this:

   

(2) A better way is use the "static" gimp_gmic_qt from http://www.gmic.eu You need to know the ubuntu version that your Mint is based on.  Mint 22 = 'buntu 24.04  /  Mint 21 = 'buntu 22.04  Download the appropriate zip file, unzip and put the whole gimp_gmic_qt folder in  ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins That working here in Mint 21 gimp_gmic_qt version 3.5

   

(3) It might still not work, it does have QT5 as a dependency. Run Gimp from a terminal and look at the error messages referring to gmic and install any missing dependencies.