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bootchk / resynthesizer

Suite of gimp plugins for texture synthesis
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does not install resynthesizer on gimp flatpak #83

Open rafadesign opened 3 years ago

rafadesign commented 3 years ago

I extract the files and copy into the GIMP plugins folder in flatpak and it doesn't appear in the filters

bootchk commented 3 years ago

Since about June 2020, Resynthesizer plugin for GIMP is available in a flatpak package:

flatpak install flathub org.gimp.GIMP.Plugin.Resynthesizer

This assumes: 1) you have set up flatpak itself 2) you have installed GIMP from a flatpak

So if you are using the flatpak'ed GIMP, you should also use the flatpak'ed Resynthesizer. You should NOT build Resynthesizer and install it yourself, unless you want to enter a world of hurt (actually its not that bad, its just not as convenient, and other issues on Resynthesizer discuss how to do it.)

There are other popular, third party plugins also packaged as flatpaks: Resynthesizer, LiquidRescale, GimpLensfun, G'Mic and BIMP. ( I think you just substitute the plugin name in the command above, except use GMic, not G'Mic with an apostrophe. )

If you are reading this and want to install GIMP and Resynthesizer using flatpak, visit: https://flathub.org/apps/details/org.gimp.GIMP There you can follow the links to learn how to set up flatpak and install the flatpak for GIMP. Unfortunately, there don't seem to be links from there to the GIMP plugins that are also flatpak'ed.

If you are reading this and are a plugin developer, for any app (not just GIMP) what follows is a brief technical discussion. An app such as GIMP when flatpak'ed can define "extension points". Then a plugin developer can flatpak plugins (aka extensions) for the app. Flatpak is relatively new, and the GIMP project only recently worked through that process of "defining an extension point." If you need help in doing that, I can't help much. I also did not flatpak the Resynthesizer ( it is thanks to user hubert figuiere) but there is much to read in GIMP issues and the GIMP repository history about how flatpak'ing plugins for GIMP was accomplished.

skierpage commented 3 years ago

Since about June 2020, Resynthesizer plugin for GIMP is available in a flatpak package:

flatpak install flathub org.gimp.GIMP.Plugin.Resynthesizer

Please please could you mention this in resynthesizer's README.md? I went down the rabbit hole of downloading an archive of the plug-in, determining the GIMP flatpak's plug-ins folder, and putting files there before finding out there's a flatpak.

Unfortunately, there don't seem to be links from there to the GIMP plugins that are also flatpak'ed.

Yes, I even tried searching Flathub and guessing the page of your plug-in, and found nothing. I asked about this on their Discourse forum