GIMP Version: 2.6.11
Operating System: Linux
OS Version: Ubuntu 11.10
GIMP Experience: Beginner Level

List any relevant plug-ins or scripts:
GMIC

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Problem: cannot find GMIC on the menus after installing it and re-starting gimp.

I believe it is supposed to show up at the bottom of the Filters menus.

Any help would be much appreciated. I have spent some time googling without success.

Isidro
(aka ocd)

Details:

I installed both gimp and gmic using apt-get:

apt-cache showpkg gimp
Package: gimp
Versions:
2.6.11-2ubuntu4 (/var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_m
ain_binary-i386_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
Description Language: en
File: /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_one
iric_main_i18n_Translation-en
MD5: 9aae3461a2accba15cf37358acd2564d
Description Language:
File: /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_one
iric_main_binary-i386_Packages
MD5: 9aae3461a2accba15cf37358acd2564d
...

> apt-cache showpkg gmic
Package: gmic
Versions:
1.5.0.0+dfsg-1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_universe_binary-i386_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)
Description Language: en
File: /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_universe_i18n_Translation-en
MD5: f042903ba280bfc482a014072ad107a2
Description Language:
File: /var/lib/apt/lists/ca.archive.ubuntu.com_ubuntu_dists_oneiric_universe_binary-i386_Packages
MD5: f042903ba280bfc482a014072ad107a2
...

First, I would rather recommend to get the plug-in binary from the website instead. Version 1.5.0.0 is really outdated.
Second, decompress the archive, then, in a console :

chmod a+x gmic_gimp
./gmic_gimp

If you get an error message related to one library missing, maybe there is one package you need to install in order to make G'MIC working (probably fftw3, this is one of the most common problem with missing libraries).
If it says that the exe is a plug-in which cannot be executed as a stand-alone program, then you are probably done. Just move 'gmic_gimp' in your GIMP plug-in folder, and it should work.

More precisely, you should get the message :

dtschump@xxx:/$ ./gmic_gimp
./gmic_gimp is a GIMP plug-in and must be run by GIMP to be used

David,

GMIC now appears on the menu.

Thanks a million,
Isidro
(aka ocd)