GIMP plug-ins on Debian Trixie (apt version)
I am using GIMP 3.0.4 apt version (not flatpak) on Debian stable running KDE plasma. I'm no expert but I somehow managed to get the plug-ins I needed working without much of a hassle. Hope this helps for a beginner
I basically used 3 plug-ins on GIMP 2.0
- G'MIC-qt (for filters)
- Resynthesizer (to remove unwanted stuff)
- BIMP (to add the same watermark to a bunch of photos)
1. G'MIC-qt is easy.
Step 1 : Go to https://gmic.eu/download.html
Step 2 : Download the zip
Step 3 : Extract and paste the folder named "gmic_gimp_qt" in the plug-ins folder of GIMP
(Plug-ins folder can be found by "edit > preferences > folders > plug-ins > select the /home/username/... option and click the icon highlighted in the image > it only takes you to 3.0 folder. so go into plug-ins folder before pasting)
This is how you go to plug-ins folder
Step 4 : Restart GIMP. G'MIC-qt is found at the bottom of filters menu
2. BIMP is not possible as far as I know. But there is an alternative called Batcher
Step 1 : Go to https://github.com/kamilburda/batcher/releases/tag/1.2.8
Step 2 : Download the zip at the bottom
Step 3 : Extract and go inside the extracted folder. Cut the folder called "batcher-1.2.8" and paste it in the same place as step 3 above
Step 4 : Restart GIMP and select batcher under files menu. See the image.
The whole red square contains batcher related functionality
When trying to first run, I got an error called "Couldn't find foreign struct converter for 'cairo.Context" It says missing dependency or something "sudo apt install gir1.2-gtk-3.0 python3-gi-cairo" command fixed it for me.
- Resynthesizer was a bit tricky because it was meant for the flatpak version. So I asked help from gemini (AI I know)
Step 1 : Open terminal and type these commands (This compiled the source code for resynthesizer - basically what it does is bypass needing flatpak version of GIMP and enable resynthesizer to run in apt version)
sudo apt install meson ninja-build libgimp-3.0-dev libglib2.0-dev intltool
git clone https://github.com/bootchk/resynthesizer.git -b resynthesizer3
cd resynthesizer
meson setup builddir --prefix=$HOME/.config/GIMP/3.0
meson install -C builddir
Step 2 : After step 1 there will be a folder called "lib" inside the "3.0 folder". Go inside and find a set of folders called resynthesizer, plug-in-heal-selection etc. Cut all these folders and paste inside the plug-ins folder as for previous plug-ins
Step 3 : Restart Gimp