GIMP Version: 2.6.11
Operating System: Windows
OS Version: 7-x64
GIMP Experience: Basic Level

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I now have a Dual system, One drive contains Windows and the other one contains Ubuntu.
I am trying to work my way through setting things up.
I downloaded Gimp and now I would like to add scripts, plug-ins, brushes etc. I cannot find where to do that.
What is there now is very limited, including the fonts.
Help would be appreciated. in advance.

It is the same as in windows. there is a .gimp-2.x folder in your 'home'. The difference is in linux .(dot)anything is classed as a hidden file/folder since they often contain application settings.

First thing to do is open your home folder in the file browser and enable hidden folders. Not a bad idea to use the 'split' option as this will make copying files much easier that it ever is in windows.

The screen shots are in linuxmint. Based on Ubuntu and the only linux I have with a Gnome desktop.



Fonts: Ubuntu is politically correct so you will probably be missing the windows fonts you are used to.

Open up the 'Package Manager' synaptic and search for mscorefonts.



Install these and they will be 'global' available to all applications. For 'Gimp only' just pop your favourite font in your .gimp-2.x/font folder

Also for when you are a bit more comfortable with linux, get a fontmanger, fontmatrix is a bit complicated but excellent.



also getting a little outdated now, but the basics do not change and it is free

http://ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html

thank you rich,
I will wade through this to see if I can get anywhere. I have made some headway.

I opened the home folder and it contains 10 folders but I can't find "allow hidden folders".
I am using Ubuntu 11.10 so maybe it is in a different place.

It's not "Allow hiddend folders" but "Show hidden folders". In fact it depends what your file manager is. In Dolphin (KDE) it's in "View/Show hidden files" (with a "alt+." shortcut (in other managers it's often Ctrl-H))

I clicked CTRl-H and it brought me to .gimp-2.6 folders. I also see all the folders,eg plug-ins, scripts,brushes etc. Ok, so now if I want to add scripts to these folders, is this where I do it?

If so, can I copy and paste the scripts, plug-ins etc into these files from my Windows Gimp folder? or is there a way to import them?

I am still running ubuntu from a flash drive with mint installed on my hard drive. What i am doing is linking my ubuntu gimp to the folders on the mint side. Just have to do this through Preferences.

Also, you can mount the windows partition, copy the entire Gimp folder and paste it into the Ubuntu gimp folder.

My Ubuntu is on a separate hard drive Nix. Windows is on the other drive.

Are both connected to the computer?

yes. I have Ubuntu completely installed on the 500GB HD. I have Windows installed on the 1T hard drive. I can boot back and forth.

Your file browser/manager is called nautilus and there should be a view menu with both split screen (F3) and enable hidden (Ctrl-H) as options.

If you can get to the split screen then you can either drag a file or right click & 'copy-to' other pane.

From your windows .gimp-2.6 folder scripts will copy to the linux .gimp-2.6/scripts without problem. Copy anything python "something.py" to the gimp-2.6/plugins. BUT you might have to make them executable. Right click on a .py file [edit] select properties, go to the permissions tab in the dialog, down towards the bottom there is a tick box for 'make this file executable'

Windows .exe files and dll's are not going to work.

everything else, brushes, patterns, etc can be copied from windows.

Then from the ubuntu side you can access -- mount -- the files on the windows side. This only works going from linux to windows and not vice versa. Just open the windows hard drive in the ubuntu file manager and find the gimp folder.

I can't find file manager

what os are you running exactly?

Right now I am running Ubuntu. When I am in Windows I am running Windows7

Do you have a "Places" button in your menu? To access your Computer or Pictures or Documents folders? Click on that and that puts you in your file manager.

yes, if you have two Ubuntu file explorer windows, one on your Ubuntu Gimp profile and one on your Windows Gimp profile (or installaiton directories) you can copy/paste files from one to another. Needless to say, .EXE from Windows (plugins) won't work on Linux, you have to find the Linux version of same. Python scripts fro the Windows plugin directories can be copied over, but once they are on the Linux side, you have to make them executable (likely some box to tick in some "Properties" dialog for each file).

thank you.
I didn't know that about the plug-ins. I will work away at it, especially the scripts.

Nix, I don't know if I had that or not, still trying to feel myself around. I will look for that when I find bookmarks. lol thank you.

Don't know if you are still uncertain about the file manager. This is an Ubuntu 11.10 VM



clicking on the top icon brings up Nautilus in your home folder

hover your mouse on the top bar to bring up the menu then it is as before. Shortcuts F3 for split view and ctrl-H for hidden.

thank you rich.
I will check that out as soon as I get back over to ubuntu. I just copied all my scripts, patterns, gradients brushes, etc on to a flash drive. I can get them over that way if this other doesn't work.

EDIT: that worked great. thanks