[scribus] Scribus can't Find Gimp

[bobparham at comcast.net]

You are so right, John. I learn so much from you guys.

Bob


On 12/23/2011 4:02 AM, John Ghormley KJ4UFG wrote:
> 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:
>
>>> -----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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