Re: [Gimp-user] Disable check for new plugins at startup

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

On 12/12/19 2:08 AM, Øyvind Kolås wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 11, 2019 at 3:00 PM Bantha <forums gimpusers com> wrote:
> > we want to run GIMP in an isolated environment, without access to external
> > systems. So, when GIMP checks for newer versions of the installed modules and
> > plugins, it takes several minutes to wait for the timeout-
> >
> > Can I Speed up the startup in any way? GIMP won't be able to check anything
> > outside of our company LAN.
> GIMP is not going online looking for new versions of plug-ins, it is
> scanning the file system(s) for previously unknown plug-ins, in user
> and system paths. One reason this might be slow is if GIMP is
> installed on a slow network file system.
> _______________________________________________

AFAIK is doesn't even scan whole filesystems, it just checks the
directories listed in Edit>Preferences>Folders>Plugins (two by default),
and perhaps their child directories.

However, to answer the OPs problem, I once had an executable
unexpectedly copied to one of these directories ("wget", for that
matter) that Gimp would then try to run on each startup and which took
time to exit, delaying the startup by that much.