GIMP Version: 2.8.10
Operating System: Linux
GIMP Experience: Intermediate Level

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
3D Extrusion

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I just tried to install my first script ever (3d-extrusion.scm), attempting to follow this tutorial:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=720
Checking that my hidden files were viewable, I found my .gimp-2.8 folder (the only gimp folder under my home/name directory), but Gimp did not in fact create the subfolder .gimp2.8/scripts here when Gimp first installed, nor the .gimp2.8/plug-ins folders within this. I created these myself and then added the .gimp2.8/scripts the 3d-extrusion.scm file which I had downloaded, and yes I did check to make it executable. Something is wrong, because it did not change my bump-map dialog as shown on the download page when I restarted Gimp.

The above would have been quite simple and straightforward had it actually worked for me, and nothing looked very simple in terms of deciding what to try next when I glanced at the scads of tutorials for different tools under Gimp Scripts and Plugins, or could I have missed something? Is there another, more up-to-date tutorial which I should be following? I'm running Linux with the Debian (Ubuntu-compatible) kernel, and Netrunner hasn't given me trouble with other programs (it's really been the only trouble-free OS I've ever used, with everything performing like a charm out of the box).

I really want to get started with exploring these great scripts and plugins which I'm reading about, so please help me out with the installation process if you can!

Mine in Linux.
/home/odinbc/.gimp-2.8
/brushes
/scripts
/plug-ins
....etc.

At the command line.

It is odd that GIMP did not create these folders on first run, which is its normal behavior. You should take a look under the menu Edit/Preferences/Folders to see where GIMP is looking for scripts and other resources.



You can manually add folders there, directing GIMP where to look for scripts & other resources.

Once you have the 3D Extrusion script installed in one of the folders specified there, it will appear under the menu Filters/Render/3D Extrusion (after you refresh scripts or restart GIMP). Only GIMP plug-ins would need the executable bit set, while scripts would not.

It is probably just a typo, but check that the name of the folder containing the subfolders has a hyphen (as it does in the first bolded text above).

Aaaarrrrrrgh, I shouldn't have tried to do this so late! Definitely not the Bump-Map dialog, which I thought it looked similar to. Looking at it again I'm actually surprised not to see it under Script-fu, but it doesn't appear under Render either. Again, something looked wrong about the setup when those sub-folders under .gimp-2.8 were not pre-installed by Gimp.

This is what I have under Preferences/Folders:
I should have paid closer attention to the window title on the download page, obviously! Still, my Filters->Render dialog does not contain 3D Extrusion - I wasn't able to get a screenshot of this, so you'll just have to believe me!

EDIT: Oh, NICE - now I can't upload those snapshots to this server! I didn't get a dialog box when I pushed the photo button, had to punch in the path, checked it every which way. Anyway, the .gimp2.8/scripts folder which contains the .scm file was added by me, otherwise there was just that 2.0 folder under /usr/share/

We can't see any of those images. You will need to attach them to the post (at the bottom of the posting dialog) or upload, then embed them into the post.

Also, the folder created should be .gimp-2.8 .. not .gimp2.8, as there is normally a dash "-" between p and 2.

Maybe somebody could help me with the image diaglog on this site? I'd really like to show you my typos!

There are two way to upload an image. You need to be in the Full Editor.

1. To attach a file, use the file browser at the bottom of the editor.



2. To embed an image within your post use the Upload file button on the Editor menu.



Did you try the command line search I mentioned in this post, Trouble installing scripts?

This is what I have under Preferences/Folders:


The folder .gimp2.8 was there under my home directory when Gimp installed and ran, plus that folder under usr/share/

but not .gimp2.8/scripts, which I had to create. This now contains the 3d-extrusion.scm script,


I should have paid closer attention to the window title on the download page, obviously! Still, my Filters->Render dialog does not contain 3D Extrusion - I wasn't able to get a screenshot of this, so you'll just have to believe me on that!

Results (?) when I tried the locate command:

I see your problem. Under the .gimp-2.8 folder, you need a folder simply named scripts (not .gimp-2.8/scripts).

I'm don't know what happened to all your resource folders, but there are quite a few others missing as well.

If I were you, I'd rename the .gimp-2.8 folder to .gimp-2.8-backup, then start GIMP and it should create a new .gimp-2.8 folder, along with all the other missing folders.

Oh, it was that button that did the trick, not the one which resemble's the MS Word photo button!

Thanks, that did the trick!