[Gimp-user] Installing GIMP plugins on a Widows 7 Machine

[rich2005 <forums gimpusers com>]

> I have installed give the 2.8.2 portable onto a machine running
> Windows 7 professional.
>
> I have installed gimp onto a memory stick so that I can move it from
> machine to machine as required.
>
> The base installation works fine and I have no difficulties with that
> part of it. However when I tried to install plug-ins, I can't get them
> to work no matter where I install them.
>
> I have installed them in the location specified by the plug-in
> preferences

No you did not.

> c:\users\username\gimp portable\GIMPPortable\data\.gimp\plug-ins
> and 
> c:\users\username\gimp
> portable\GIMPPortable\App\gimp\\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins

Wrong place, needs to be on the memory stick

> I have also copied them to in various obscure folders on the memory
> stick we gimp is installed eg Gimp
> Portable\GIMPPORTABLE\data\\.gimp\.geg-0.0\plug-ins based on
> instructions in online posts

Who told you to do that? Bad information.

> Do I have to do something in addition to copying them to the correct
> folder?

No, with a caveat regarding compiled plug-ins.

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Is the version, Gimp 2.8.20 rather than 2.8.2?

If it is 2.8.2 I recommend dumping that and getting the latest, which is Gimp
2.8.22

Determine the location of the default scripts / plug-ins folders in the Gimp
Preferences dialogue.

In Gimp Edit -> Preferences -> Folders then the scripts or plug-ins entries.

The plugins entry is shown in the attached screenshot.

On your ***memory stick*** in the gimp installation, ***make two new folders***

GIMPPortable\Data\.gimp\plug-ins (note the '-') and
GIMPPortable\Data\.gimp\scripts.

The obvious: scripts - something.scm go in scripts see: attached screenshot.

For plugins: something.py go in plug-ins 

For compiled plugins, something.exe / something.dll go in the same place but
make sure you use **32 bit compiled** plugins. This portable Gimp is a 32 bit
Windows application.

Attachments:
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/614/original/locate.jpg
* http://www.gimpusers.com/system/attachments/615/original/installed.jpg

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