[scribus] Scribus can't Find Gimp

[Christen]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: bobparham at comcast.net [mailto:bobparham at comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2011 8:34 PM
> To: Scribus User Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [scribus] Scribus can't Find Gimp
> 
> 
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> On 12/22/2011 2:38 PM, Henry Hartley wrote:
> > bobparham at comcast.net wrote:
> >>> I downloaded Gimp _after_ downloading Scribus and have been
> >>> unable to get Scribus to find Gimp. I went into Scribus
> >>> (vs 1.4.0rc6) clicked File>Preferences>External Tools>Image
> >>> Processing Tool and Typed in c:\Users\Bob P\.Gimp-2.6. I
> >>> then clicked OK and Apply. I right clicked a photo in a
> >>> Scribus document and Edit Image. I got a window telling me
> >>> that Gimp is missing. I have Windows 7 64bit OS. Can anyone
> >>> tell me what I am doing wrong?
> > Chances are c:\Users\Bob P\.Gimp-2.6 is not where GIMP is installed.
> That's your personal gimp folder. What you probably want is C:\Program
> Files (x86)\gimp-2.6\bin\. Look for the folder with gimp-2.6.exe in it.
> That's the directory that Scribus needs to know about.
> >
> The Gimp 2.0 is found on my computer under Program Files(X86) and I
> would think this would be where I would need to steer Scribus. This
> Folder is 108 MB. From this I would conclude that I would use
> c:\Program
> Files(X86). With this I still get the pop up window that Scribus says
> it
> is missing. I add \bin to it and get the same results.
> 
> When I double click the icon for gimp on the desktop it opens so I know
> I have the program. I have even tried a file in 1.4.0rc2 and the
> results
> are the same. I'm about ready to throw up my hands. Any other
> suggestions?
> 
> Bob P
> --

Bob,
It looks like you're just directing Scribus to the folder where the
executable is located - not to the executable itself. For example, on my
computer, the path is "C:\Program Files\Gimp-2.7.4\bin\gimp-2.7.exe"

~Christen