Re: [Gimp-user] Precompiled GIMP on macOS does not recognize plugins

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

The Python files should be made executable (chmod +x ...)

On 03/21/18 18:01, Radon Rosborough wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I am attempting to install the Resynthesizer plugin for GIMP on macOS
> 10.11.6.
>
> I installed GIMP 2.8.22 using Homebrew Cask
>    https://github.com/caskroom/homebrew-cask/blob/master/Casks/gimp.rb
> and downloaded the Resynthesizer plugin version 1.0 from
>    http://registry.gimp.org/node/27986
>
> According to Preferences > Folders, the following directories are used
> for plug-ins:
>
>    /Users/raxod502/Library/Application Support/GIMP/2.8/plug-ins
>    /Applications/GIMP.app/Contents/Resources/lib/gimp/2.0/plug-ins
>
> The contents of the former are:
>
>    Permissions Size User     Date Modified Name
>    .rw-r--r--@ 6.6k raxod502 13 Apr  2011  plugin-heal-selection.py
>    .rw-r--r--@ 3.2k raxod502 13 Apr  2011  plugin-heal-transparency.py
>    .rw-r--r--@  17k raxod502 13 Apr  2011  plugin-map-style.py
>    .rw-r--r--@ 7.7k raxod502 13 Apr  2011  plugin-render-texture.py
>    .rw-r--r--@ 3.3k raxod502 13 Apr  2011  plugin-resynth-enlarge.py
>    .rw-r--r--@ 3.6k raxod502 15 Apr  2011  plugin-resynth-fill-pattern.py
>    .rw-r--r--@ 3.3k raxod502 13 Apr  2011  plugin-resynth-sharpen.py
>    .rw-r--r--@ 6.0k raxod502 13 Apr  2011  plugin-uncrop.py
>    .rwxr-xr-x@  62k raxod502 15 Apr  2011  resynthesizer
>    .rwxr-xr-x@  53k raxod502 15 Apr  2011  resynthesizer-gui
>
> On restarting GIMP, I believe there should be a menu entry Filter >
> Enhance > Heal selection (among others), but there is no such item.
> Furthermore, I get no results from Help > Plug-In Browser when
> searching for either "heal" or "resynthesizer".
>
> Have I misunderstood how to install plugins? Is there some kind of
> compilation step? Any way I can debug the situation?
>
> Best regards,
> Radon Rosborough
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