Python2 Gimp AppImages for Ubuntu Jammy and Focal

[rich2005]

(05-09-2022, 04:21 AM)Healing Selections Wrote: Hello, I'm on Ubuntu MATE 22.04. I have GIMP, gimp-plugin-registry and python2 installed. I tried this plugin but Heal Selection is still absent from the menu. What do you suggest trying?

It is a bit of a can-of-worms Ubuntu 22.04 (jammy)

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If you could check what Gimp is installed and tell us, it does help, Look in Gimp -> Edit -> Preferences -> Folders Look in any entry, first one is brushes and the top entry under folder...
if ~/.config/GIMP... then a regular installation from the repo. No python by default
if ~/.var/app/org.gimp.GIMP ... then a flatpak installation.  Python is installed
if ~/snap/gimp/.... then an ubuntu SNAP installation.  No Python in this version.
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Now your gimp-plugin-registry installation, This package is ancient, it gets churned out with some modifications with each Debian release. This one has dumped resynthesizer and all python plugins, keeps some plugins that no longer work, and installs 158 useless scripts. Best thing you can do is uninstall it.  see: https://packages.ubuntu.com/jammy/amd64/...y/filelist

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Resynthesizer, if it is a regular Gimp 2.10.30 without python, then Tas_mania appimage Gimp launcher will enable Python.
You can get a resynthesizer set of plugins from here: https://www.gimp-forum.net/attachment.php?aid=6867 Unzip, put the 4 files in ~/.config/GIMP/2.10/plug-ins/ Make them executable, it looks like 'buntu security kicks in and makes them 'indeterminate' I have just tried out in a jammy VM and I know it works.

If you do not want to go through all that, then install a flatpak.

Code:

sudo apt install flatpak

Code:

flatpak install https://flathub.org/repo/appstream/org.gimp.GIMP.flatpakref

and follow the instructions.  https://i.imgur.com/pqnjOJ2.jpg

Code:

flatpak install gimp

gets a list of the built-for-flatpak plugins which includes resynthesizer + the python heal plugins. Use the latest version. https://i.imgur.com/FuDDHTN.jpg

Code:

flatpak run org.gimp.GIMP

 
...to start. Tried that in my VM and not a problem except for some annoying permission issues opening 'remote' files. 

Edit 3 minute video demo: Ubuntu 22.04 showing both regular Gimp 2.10.30 + plugins + appimage launcher and the Gimp 2.10.30 flatpak installation
https://youtu.be/0vIdXdPGvpU

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As an aside, I have an older laptop with kubuntu 18.04 I was considering upgrading to 22.04 The more I see of it, I think I might just leave to for another year or so... beginning to hate ubuntu