Re: [Gimp-user] Gimp does not accept JPG etc.

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 16/08/16 13:35, Arran wrote:
> Hello
>
> All clear now. I just remembered a similar problem with another program could be
> solved by deleting the configuration file in /home. So I deleted the file
> .gimp-2.8, started Gimp, and the pictures can be opened again.
> I now have to find out, which configuration was responsable for this.

Typically you should have something like this in ~/.gimp-2.8/pluginrc:

> (plug-in-def "/usr/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins/file-jpeg" 1468533087
>     (proc-def "file-jpeg-load" 1
>          "loads files in the JPEG file format"
>          "loads files in the JPEG file format"
>          "Spencer Kimball, Peter Mattis & others"
>          "Spencer Kimball & Peter Mattis"
>          "1995-2007"
>          "JPEG image"
>          0
>         (icon stock-id -1 "")
>         (load-proc
>             (extension "jpg,jpeg,jpe")
>             (magic "6,string,JFIF,6,string,Exif")
>             (mime-type "image/jpeg")
>             (thumb-loader "file-jpeg-load-thumb"))

And similar things for loading and saving other image formats.