04-28-2018, 01:43 PM
Some notes and observations for ubuntu users, in particular 'buntu 16.04 'xenial'
Installing flatpak (All done in a Kubuntu 16.04 VM)
add a flatpak ppa, update and install
also might be needed is:
Once that is done, look at https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ for some directions on installing the gimp flatpak. This works, it does ask for confirmations / root password when appropriate.
Takes a little while but when finished open a terminal and execute the command flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP
and Gimp should start as: screenshot https://i.imgur.com/NdAGX4I.jpg
You do not want to be using a terminal all the time. There is a launcher org.gimp.GIMP.desktop in
/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gimp.GIMP/current/active/files/share/applications
I could not get that to work for me, so used the stanza from it, to make a new launcher.
Do not ask me why, but it works.
The Gimp profile and some peculiarities
Looking in Edit -> Preferences -> Folders -> Plug-ins for example, the paths Gimp starts with:
![[Image: cIFBK8Z.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/cIFBK8Z.jpg)
However, Gimp also creates a more regular Gimp profile ~/.config/GIMP/2.10 and seems to prefer that. You will need to add that to the various resources paths.
My advice, neither are convenient. If you mess with Gimp resources a lot, make your own folders somewhere in your home partition and add to the Gimp paths. As this example, changed the theme, icons, added some folders in home.
![[Image: GtsVfDD.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/GtsVfDD.jpg)
What works (and does not work)
I think many scripts and plugins will work out of the box. I tried resynthesizer and heal selection - all working. As an example, another compiled plugin, guillotine-into-layers then a script grid-of-guides and Ofnuts bend path python plugin.
![[Image: ahRrzPA.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/ahRrzPA.jpg)
What does not work (easily)
I was disappointed when my FFT plugin failed. That needs libfftw3.so.3 files. Another was the g'mic plugin, not even the QT version but GTK.
This involves a bit of gentle hacking, very tedious to track down dependencies and then you will need to put them as root in:
/var/lib/flatpak/runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.28/some-long-string/files/lib
Nothing like making it easy for the poor user
Another peculiarity, all the files there are rwxr-xr-x (chmod 755)
Did I get gimp-g'mic working? Most of it.
![[Image: 6Zi8gjF.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/6Zi8gjF.jpg)
If you have tried out the Gimp flatpak, and have any tweaks and hacks, please post a follow up with your experiences.
Installing flatpak (All done in a Kubuntu 16.04 VM)
add a flatpak ppa, update and install
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexlarsson/flatpak
sudo apt update
sudo apt install flatpak
also might be needed is:
Code:
flatpak remote-add --from gnome https://sdk.gnome.org/gnome.flatpakrepo
Once that is done, look at https://www.gimp.org/downloads/ for some directions on installing the gimp flatpak. This works, it does ask for confirmations / root password when appropriate.
Code:
flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref
Takes a little while but when finished open a terminal and execute the command flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP
and Gimp should start as: screenshot https://i.imgur.com/NdAGX4I.jpg
You do not want to be using a terminal all the time. There is a launcher org.gimp.GIMP.desktop in
/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gimp.GIMP/current/active/files/share/applications
I could not get that to work for me, so used the stanza from it, to make a new launcher.
Code:
/usr/bin/flatpak run --branch=stable --arch=x86_64 --command=gimp-2.10 --file-forwarding org.gimp.GIMP @@u %U @@
The Gimp profile and some peculiarities
Looking in Edit -> Preferences -> Folders -> Plug-ins for example, the paths Gimp starts with:
![[Image: cIFBK8Z.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/cIFBK8Z.jpg)
However, Gimp also creates a more regular Gimp profile ~/.config/GIMP/2.10 and seems to prefer that. You will need to add that to the various resources paths.
My advice, neither are convenient. If you mess with Gimp resources a lot, make your own folders somewhere in your home partition and add to the Gimp paths. As this example, changed the theme, icons, added some folders in home.
![[Image: GtsVfDD.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/GtsVfDD.jpg)
What works (and does not work)
I think many scripts and plugins will work out of the box. I tried resynthesizer and heal selection - all working. As an example, another compiled plugin, guillotine-into-layers then a script grid-of-guides and Ofnuts bend path python plugin.
![[Image: ahRrzPA.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/ahRrzPA.jpg)
What does not work (easily)
I was disappointed when my FFT plugin failed. That needs libfftw3.so.3 files. Another was the g'mic plugin, not even the QT version but GTK.
This involves a bit of gentle hacking, very tedious to track down dependencies and then you will need to put them as root in:
/var/lib/flatpak/runtime/org.gnome.Platform/x86_64/3.28/some-long-string/files/lib
Nothing like making it easy for the poor user

Did I get gimp-g'mic working? Most of it.
![[Image: 6Zi8gjF.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/6Zi8gjF.jpg)
If you have tried out the Gimp flatpak, and have any tweaks and hacks, please post a follow up with your experiences.