[scribus] Scribus can't Find Gimp

[John Ghormley KJ4UFG]

Why not just copy the path that is behind the desktop icon that you said
works?  That finds the executable and launches it, so that same string
should work in Scribus.

John Ghormley  KJ4UFG
Editor, SERA *Repeater Journal*
Walkertown, NC  USA
editor at sera.org



On Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 1:06 AM, Christen <christenanderson1994 at gmail.com>wrote:

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>
> > -----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
> >
> >
> >
> > 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
>
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