Re: [Gimp-user] Blender & Gimp combination in Linux MInt

[Ofnuts <ofnuts gmx com>]

Also, just in case it matters, the flatpak Gimp has its own /tmp (in 
other words it doesn't see files in the system /tmp), so if Blender 
tries to start it on an image it put in the regular /tmp, it will fail.

On 07/27/18 16:24, Pierre Equoy via gimp-user-list wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My understanding is that, in Blender, you set up the external image editor as 
> "/var/lib/flatpak/app/org.gimp.GIMP/current/active/export/share/applications/org.gimp.GIMP.desktop". Is that 
> what you meant?
>
> If that's the case, I think it's not the right way to do. The .desktop files are just a way for Linux desktop 
> environments (such as Gnome) to have information about programs that can be launched (such as the program 
> title, its icon, the path to the binary to actually launch when the user clicks on the icon, etc.).
>
> Try to open this .desktop file with a text editor. You should see something like:
>
> [Desktop Entry]
> Version=1.0
> Type=Application
> Name=GNU Image Manipulation Program
> (...)
> Exec=gimp-2.10 %U
> TryExec=gimp-2.10
> (...)
>
> In my case, what the desktop file is saying is to execute the command "gimp-2.10 %U" whenever I click on the 
> Gimp icon.
>
> In order to know where is located that `gimp-2.10` binary file, you can use the `which` command:
>
> $ which gimp-2.10
> /usr/bin/gimp-2.10
>
> (yes, I'm using the version from a PPA, not the Flatpak version, so my path is for sure different from the 
> one you're going to find.)
>
> Hope this helps
>
> ​--
> Pierre